ORDER

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.1 in Crime No.6/2026 of Vattappara Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296 (b), 126(2), 115(2), 118(1) and 118(2) read with Section

3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that due to prior enmity, on 04.01.2026 at about 12.30 a.m. at Kuravankonam, accused Nos.1 to 4, acting in furtherance of their common intention, assaulted the defacto complainant. The applicant struck him on the face with an iron rod, causing him to fall down. The accused No.2 sat on him and assaulted him, while the applicant and accused No.2 restrained and assaulted him by punching and kicking. The applicant again struck him with the iron rod, causing a fracture of the nasal bone and thereby committed the above offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Nikhil Sankar S., 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 ap