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 accused No.4 in Crime No.55/2026 of Nooranadu Police Station, Alappuzha District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 189 (2), 191(2), 191(3), 296(b), 115(2), 118(1), 118(2) and 109(1) r/w Section 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons have animosity towards the elder brother of the defacto complainant by name Ajesh, So, on 20.01.2026 at about 9:00 pm, they formed themselves into an unlawful assembly and in prosecution of the common object of the said assembly, at a place near Mangarath Colony Junction in ward No.XVI of Thamarakkulam Grama Panchayat, Chathiyara Village, assaulted the defacto complainant and his friend. Accused No.1 abused the defacto complainant in a derogative manner and struck on the middle of his head using a shock-absorber and thereby caused grievou