ORDER

This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-

arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.19/2026 of Chadayamangalam Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296(b), 115(1), 118(1), 118(2), 351(3) and 126 r/w Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicants had dumped waste in front of the shop of the complainant. The complainant had questioned the conduct of the applicants. In retaliation, on 21.12.2025 at 21 hours, applicant Nos. 1 and 2 had approached the complainant. The applicant No.2 had wrongfully restrained the complainant. The applicant No.1 had struck the left eye of the complainant with a punching bangle. The complainant had fallen on the ground. The applicant No.1 had struck the face, head etc. of the complainant continuously with the punching metal. The complainant sustained fracture of the nasal bone and also fracture of the bone below eye. One tooth was also broken. Thus, the applicants committed the above offences.

4. I have heard Sri.C.R.Sivakumar, th