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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 accused No.2 in Crime No.795/2025 of Kalladicode Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 420 and 406 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that during the period from 22.12.2023 to 31.01.2024, accused No.1 and the applicant, with the intention of cheating the defacto complainant, promised her to believe that they would provide her with a job visa in Lithuania, and for that purpose, she transferred Rs.4,00,000/- to the account of the applicant and after two months, she again transferred Rs.60,000/- for ticket fare. Thereafter, they did not provide visa or return Rs.4,60,000/- to the defacto complainant and thereby cheated her. Thus, the applicant has committed the aforementioned offences.

4. I have heard Sri.C.A.Chacko, 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 applicant is innocent and ha