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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 accused No.1 in Crime No.40/2026 of Kunnikode Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296(b), 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, the de facto complainant is staying with the accused No.2 and he had given 22 grams of gold ornaments to the accused No.2 for pledging the same and when he asked to return the same, the accused No.2 became inimical towards him and on 05.01.2026 at about 05.30 a.m, the accused No.1, who is the son of the accused No.2, with the intention to cause bodily injuries attacked the de facto complainant when he entered the kitchen of his house with rubber stick, abused him with obscene words and the de facto complainant suffered fracture on the right hand and swelling on the left foot and thereby committed the above alleged offences.

4. I have heard Sri. K.Sudhinkumar, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prose