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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 20668

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
MANIKANDAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sri.Rassal Janardhanan A.
For the Respondents: Smt.Sreeja V.

Table of Content
1. legal basis for bail application under bnss. (Para 1 , 2)
2. arguments from both sides about bail eligibility. (Para 4 , 5)

O R D E R

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.210/2026 of Ponnani Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126 (2), 115(2), 118(1), 110, 351(2) and 296(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 27.02.2026, at approximately 09:30 p.m. at a place called Kandanakam, the applicant committed a violent assault on the defacto complainant and his daughter. The motive for the act is attributed to a prior enmity arising from the complainant questioning the applicant's habit of using abusive language and a recent dispute regarding the complainant removing a coconut leaf that had fallen onto the pathway. It is alleged that the applicant, armed with a sickle, arrived at the scene with the premeditated intent to commit murder. He allegedly threw the sickle at the complainant's daughter, causing an injury to her abdome

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