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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 sole accused in Crime No.975/2025 of Peravur Police Station, Kannur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that, during the period from 03.11.2020 to 16.06.2021, the applicant with dishonest intention of cheating, had received 20 sovereigns of gold ornaments of the de facto complainant and gave a loan of Rs.7,20,700/-. When the de facto complainant came to take back the gold ornaments by paying the loan amount, the applicant was not ready to return the gold ornaments. He without the permission of the de facto complainant, had pledged the above gold ornaments before KSFE, Kolayad Branch. Though the de facto complainant repeatedly demanded for the gold ornaments, the applicant was not ready to return the same. Though there was mediation and he had agreed to pay the value of the gold ornaments, he did not pay the amount. Thereby, the applicant committed the above offences.

4. I have heard Smt. Reshma E., the learned