ORDER

This is the second application 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.787/2023 of Ponnani Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 302 and 506(i) of the IPC .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is as follows: The deceased in this case is the wife of the applicant and the sister of the complainant. Due to prior animosity with regard to the non- withdrawal of the complaint filed by the deceased before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Ponnani against the applicant of his ill-treatment and due to his suspicion regarding her chastity, the applicant intended to commit murder of his wife Sulaikha. On 20.7.2023 at about 23.30 hours, he inflicted serious injuries on her chest and shoulder with an iron bar in the courtyard and in the bathroom of their house situated at Valiparamba, Ponnani. As a result of the injuries, she died.

4. I have heard Sri. Binu V.V., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. C.K. Suresh, the learned Special Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for t