This bail application is filed under section 482 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’).
2. Petitioner is the accused in Crime No.336 of 2025 of
Chottanikkara Police Station, Ernakulam, registered for the
offences punishable under sections 74, 75 and 76 of the Bharatiya
Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Sections 4, 3(d), 7, 8,
9(1) and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
(for short ‘POCSO Act’).
3. The prosecution case is that the petitioner had sexually
abused and assaulted the de facto complainant and thereby
committed the offences alleged.
4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as
the learned Public Prosecutor.