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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.27/2026 of Kanakakunnu Police Station, Alappuzha District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 118 (1) and 118(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ( for short ‘ BNS ’) and Sections 3 (1) (za)(A), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘SC/ST (PoA) Act’).

3. I have heard Sri.B.Renjithkumar, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

4. Originally, the offences under Section 118 (1) and

118(2) of the BNS alone were incorporated. Therefore, the applicant filed a pre-arrest bail application before the Sessions Court, Alappuzha as B.A. No.110/2026. It was dismissed on merits as per Annexure A4 order. It is thereafter the applicant has approached this Court. It appears that in the meanwhile, the offences under the SC/ST (PoA) Act mentioned above were also incorporated. It is settled that an application for bail can be filed