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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.317/2025 of Valiyathura Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 329 (3), 126(2), 115(2), 74, 75, 75(1)(i), 75(2), 62 and 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on

10.03.2025 at about 10:45 p.m., when the defacto complainant stepped outside her residence, the applicant wrongfully restrained her and forcibly caught hold of her. It is alleged that when she raised an alarm, the applicant gagged her by pressing a cloth into her mouth with the intention of preventing her from shouting. The prosecution further contends that he attempted to compel her to lie on the floor, but the defacto complainant resisted and succeeded in pushing him away. It is also alleged that the applicant voluntarily caused hurt by repeatedly assaulting her with his fists, tore her blouse during the scuffle, and attempted to commit rape on her and thereby committed the offences. 4. I have heard Sri.J.R.Prem Navaz, the lear