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This application is 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.1386/2025 of Perambra Police Station, Kozhikode District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 316 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant was entrusted with 615.43 grams of gold ornaments belonging to the informant and his relatives under an agreement for appropriating the same in accordance with the needs of the informant, had against the terms and conditions in the agreement, misappropriated the said gold ornaments. The applicant was entrusted with the ornaments on 17.02.2025 and those were kept in his locker in Federal Bank, Naduvannur branch on 23.10.2025. When the informant requested returning of some of the gold ornaments, he did not return any ornaments. Thus, he has deceived the informant and his relatives and thereby committed the offence.

4. I have heard Sri.Kodoth Sreedharan, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned co