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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.1 in Crime No.182/2026 of Vandiperiyar Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296 (b), 115(2), 118(2) and 110 read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the defacto complainant was owed wages and the applicant underpaid him. The defacto complainant requested for the remaining amount and out of resentment and with the premeditated intention to cause physical harm, the applicant uttered obscene words against him and initiated an attack on March 13, 2026. In the course of directing the defacto complainant to work that day, the defacto complainant departed his residence and arrived at Swamidas' tea shop located in Manjumala Village. At approximately 7:10 hours in the morning, as the defact