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 in S.C. No.458/2026 pending on the files of the Additional District and Special Court (Atrocities & Sexual Violence Against Women & Children), Thiruvananthapuram in Crime No.1468/2025 of Kattakada Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 4(2) r/w 3(a), 6 r/w 5(m)(p), 8 r/w 7, 10 r/w 9(m)(p), 12 r/w 11(i)(ii)(iv) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, the PoCSO Act) and Sections 354 A(1)(i)(iii) and 376 AB of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that while the victim was studying in 5^th standard, the victim went to the applicant’s house, he took the victim to his room and showed her obscene videos from his mobile. Thereafter, the applicant insisted her to insert his penis into her mouth, gro