This bail application is filed under section 482 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’).
2. Petitioner is the first accused in Crime No.27 of 2024 of
Cyber Crime Police Station, Kochi City, registered for the offences
punishable under Section 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha
Sanhita, 2023, Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology
(Amendment) Act, 2008, and Section 120 (o) of the Kerala Police
Act, 2011.
3. According to the prosecution, the accused, with intent
to defame and threaten the defacto complainant who is a movie
Director, had, on 13.09.2024 and 14.09.2024 called him on his
mobile phone and threatened him and later, gave interviews, which
had a tendency to affect his reputation and also posted photographs
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of the defacto complainant, inviting obscene comments and thereby
committed the offences alleged.