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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 in Crime No.643/2025 of Vengara Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 288 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 and Sections 4(b) and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act , 1908.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 03.10.2025 at about 09.00 a.m. at Badampadi Erumappara in Ooragam Panchayat, the applicant was found conducting quarrying activities without any license, which resulted in endangering human and animal life and property by using explosive substances. Thus, the applicant is alleged to have committed the aforementioned offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Babu S.Nair, 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 has been falsely implicated in the above crime. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to