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.1 in Crime No.921/2025 of Pudunagaram Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 316 (2), 318(4), 336(3) and 338 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant who was the former Manager of the accused No.2, M/s. Muthoot Mini Financiers at Peruvemba, convinced to accept gold ornaments in the name of the defacto complainant, her father and mother by including them in the Smart Gold Loan Scheme at an interest rate of 4% per annum and accepted 901.94 grams of gold as pledge and gave fake receipt by transferring an amount of ₹30 lakhs to the account of the defacto complainant, her husband, father and mother. Out of ₹30 lakhs, only ₹7,40,000/- came to the account of the father from the account of Muthoot Mini Financiers and the remaining ₹22,60,000/- was transferred from the account of the applicant at Dhanalakshmi Bank, Peruvemba and issued receipt for

211.9 grams of gold ornaments in the name of the father. When the