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 in Crime No.53/2026 of Thamarassery Police Station, Kozhikode District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 74 , 75(1)(i), and 75(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023, Section 7 read with Section 8 , Sections 9 (i), 9(l) and (f) read with Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act , 2012, and Section 7 5 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act , 2015.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant, who is the teacher of GHSS, Thamarassery, on 09.12.2025, subjected the minor survivor, a plus two student of the said school, to sexual assault by gripping her breast on the veranda of class C2B of the said school. The survivor was subjected to sexual assault on two other occasions as well by the applicant and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.P.P.Hashick, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. K.A.Noushad, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitt