ORDER

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.1287/2025 of Chengannur Police Station, Alappuzha District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 69 and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the de facto complainant and the applicant were good friends and had a close relationship. In November 2024, the applicant allegedly induced the respondent No. 2 into sexual relations by promising to marry her, first at a friend’s shop in Chengannur called Fire and Safety and later, in January 2025, at a lodge near the Changanassery transport stand. Later the applicant backtracked from his promise to marry her. Thereafter, the applicant threatened to circulate the victim’s nude photographs via WhatsApp and thus committed the offences alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.M. Anuroop, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. K.A Noushad, the learned