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 No.3 in Crime No.518/2025 of Edathala Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 420 and 406 read with Section 34 of the IPC.

3. The prosecution case, in short is that the applicant and the remaining accused induced the defacto complainant to part with a total sum of ₹7,37,000/- promising that they would provide a job visa to Canada and thereafter cheated the defacto complainant without arranging the visa or returning the amount.

4. I have heard Sri. Priyadarsan Thampi G., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C. Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the all