ORDER

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.8 in Crime No.1122/2025 of Kunnikode Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 189 (2), 190, 191(2), 296(b), 115(2) and 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that in connection with the dispute arising out of the delayed registration for the uriyadi competition organized as part of Onam celebrations of Kundarapadi Navodya Club, the defacto complainant intervened and refunded the registration fee of the applicant and directed that only the 42 persons who had registered earlier will be permitted to participate in the competition. Due to the enmity, on 6.9.2025, at 8 pm, the accused No.1 abused the defacto complainant, pushed him down and while he had fallen down on the ground, the accused Nos. 2 to 5, along with two other identifiable accused kicked him on the left rib area causing the defacto complainant difficulty in breathing. Thus, the accused persons acting in concert, committed the aforesaid offences.

4. I have heard