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This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and

2 in Crime No.16/2026 of Malayinkeezhu Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 294(b), 115(2), 118(1) and 324(4) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

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

31.12.2025 at about 11:15 p.m., when the de facto complainant reached at a place near Iratta Kalunku Junction as per the phone call of the accused No.1, the accused No.2 uttered obscene words against the de facto complainant, kicked on his chest, and when he fell down, the accused No.1 by using a granite stone, hit him on his forehead, causing injuries. Thereafter, accused Nos.1 and 2 kicked and dragged the de facto complainant and the accused No.1 took the mobile phone from the pocket of the de facto complainant and threw it in a nearby canal, causing a loss of Rs.23,000/-.

4. I have heard Sri. Ananda Subramaniam, the learned counsel for the applicants and Smt. Sreeja.V, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diar