O R D E R

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 No.2 in Crime No.3/2026 of Arthungal Police Station, Alappuzha District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(1) and 118(2)

read with Section 3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 31.12.2025 at

11:45 p.m., at Arthunkal Beach, in connection with the New Year celebrations, an altercation arose when the defacto complainant and his friend, while dancing in the crowd, accidentally touched accused No.1. This led to a scuffle. Due to this grudge, the applicant, along with the co-accused, with the intention of voluntarily causing hurt to the defacto complainant, slapped him on his left cheek. When the defacto complainant fell down, accused No.1 again attacked him and stabbed him on the left eye and eyebrow using his motorcycle key, causing loss of vision in the left eye, and at that time, the applicant also stabbed and repeatedly struck the defacto complainant on the head, back, and neck with a key and thereby committed the aforementioned