ORDER

All these applications are filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicant in B.A. No.924/2026 is the accused No.4 in Crime No.882/2025; the applicant in B.A. No.925/2026 is the accused No.3 in Crime No.1168/2025; the applicant in B.A. No.929/2026 is the accused No.1 in Crime No.421/2025 and the applicant in B.A. No.931/2026 is the accused No.4 in Crime No.1432/2024 of Vadakkancherry Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged in all the crimes are punishable under Sections 406 and 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 read with Section 21, Section 4 read with Section 22 and Section 5 read with Section 23 of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act , 2019 (BUDS Act).

3. The prosecution case, in short, in all the cases, is that the respective defacto complainants deposited money in the Finspot India Nidhi Ltd., but failed to return the deposited amount or interest and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri. V.A. Vinod, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri. M.C.Ashi, Sri. K.A.Noushad and Smt. Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public