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.3 in Crime No.395/2025 of Panamaram Police Station, Wayanad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 376 (2)(n) and 376(3) of IPC , Section 9 of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act , Section 75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Sections 3 (a) r/w 4(2), 6(1) r/w 5(j)(ii) and (l) and 16(3) r/w 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused No.1 has repeatedly committed rape/penetrative sexual assault on the survivor, a female child aged 14 years, with the knowledge and assistance of accused No. 2, who is the mother having actual control and charge over the survivor and duty bound to protect her, and the applicant (Accused No.3) between 01.06.2023 and also 31.03.2024, in the flat of the accused No.