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.2 in Crime No.34/2026 of Maradu Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 129 , 333, 308(2) and 140(2) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNS ), and Sections 7 and 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 .

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

22.01.2026 at about 8.15 p.m., accused Nos.1 and 2, armed with a sword and knife and accompanied by a dog, in furtherance of the common intention of all the accused to extort money from one Nandan by threatening him, trespassed into the spa conducted by Nandan. They then threatened the first informant and the other women employees of the spa and attempted to take money from the counter. Thereafter, by threatening Nandan with the weapons, they abducted him in a car and obtained a ransom of Rs.28,000/-. Out of the said amount, Rs.18,000/-