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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.1195/2025 of Kondotty Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) read with Section 3 (5)

of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that, during the period from 17.06.2024 to 14.10.2024, the accused Nos. 1 and 2, with an intention to defraud the de facto complainant executed a sale agreement of a bus bearing registration number KL 10 BE 1756 with its permit for an amount of Rs.15,50,000/- (Rupees Fifteen lakhs fifty thousand only) on 18.06.2022 and thereby promised to sell the same to the de facto complainant after receiving a cheque of Rs. 7,50,000/- (Rupees Seven lakhs fifty thousand only) towards the loan account of the said bus and an amount of Rs. 8,00,000/-(Rupees Eight Lakhs only)

to the accused No.2. Apart from the same, an amount of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) was sent by the de facto complainant to Smt. Sanooja on 14.10.2024 as directed by the accused No.2. Thereafter