ORDER

This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-

arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.2 in Crime No.22/2026 of Kundara Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126(2), 296(b), 115 (2) and 118 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( BNS ), 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 02.01.2026 at 17 hours, accused No.1 along with the applicant, who were under the influence of liquor, wrongfully restrained the complainant. The accused No.1 had brandished a brick trowel towards the head of the complainant, which had hit the head of the complainant causing injury. The accused No.1 had also struck the complainant with a stick, which was a deadly weapon. The accused No.1 had continuously struck the complainant with the stick. The applicant No.2 had stamped on the chest of the complainant several times and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Sriraj P., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applican