ORDER

This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.88/2026 of Mankara Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126 (2), 296(b) and

110 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on

31.01.2026 at about 06:45 pm, the applicant due to the enmity with the defacto complainant regarding the scuffle which happened on the day prior to the new year, wrongfully restrained the defacto complainant and his friend, who were travelling in a scooter by parking the motorcycle across the road. The applicant threatened to put the defacto complainant behind the bars. Thereafter the applicant pulled out a beer bottle from the back of his shirt and beat on the forehead of the defacto complainant, whereby he sustained injuries. Thus, the applicant committed the above offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Nireesh Mathew, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt.Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that th