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.03/2025 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Kannur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 318(4) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 66D of Information Technology Act , 2000.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that during the period 10 a.m. on 17.09.2025 and 19.10.2025, the applicant together in furtherance of their common intention of cheating, had contacted the defacto complainant from two different mobile numbers and impersonated as they are officials of the Crime Branch Police, Mumbai and made him believe that by using his PAN card, some crimes against nation were committed and for which, Mumbai Police had registered a case and demanded cash for payment in the Court. Accordingly, the defacto complainant had paid Rs.32,94,000/- from his different accounts to the accounts suggested by the applicant and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Praveen H. Harikumar, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. K.A.Noushad, the l