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This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS )

seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.1161/2025 of Nemom Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section

103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant, with a premeditated intention to murder his wife, Bincy, on account of his suspicion regarding certain phone calls received by her, who was residing with him in the same house, on 13.08.2025, after 22:00 hours, when witnesses 2 and 3 had fallen asleep, the applicant shifted them to another bed placed against the northern wall on the western side of the room, switched on the lights, went to the kitchen, and returned with a machete, which was ordinarily used for cutting trees and coconuts. At about 23:00 hours, the applicant hacked his wife Bincy on the middle part of her right ear, murdered her by hacking her two times with the said weapon in the hall of the house and thereby committed the offence. It is further alleged that on account of the injuries sustained, the victim succumb