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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.308/2026 of Alathur Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1) and 109(1) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on

13.03.2026 at about 21:45 hours, during the Kummatty festival at Manjallur, a quarrel arose between the parties allegedly due to prior enmity involving Sajith, a friend of the de facto complainant, purportedly on account of a previous incident relating to the alleged eve-teasing of the accused No.2’s sister. It is alleged that when the de facto complainant intervened, the accused No.1 stabbed him on the abdomen with a knife, causing injury and that the accused Nos.1 to 4 also assaulted his friends Sajith, Ishaq and Manav.

4. I have heard Sri. Omar Salim, the learned counsel