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.455/2025 of
Kunnamangalam Police Station, Kozhikode, registered alleging offences
punishable under Sections 96, 64(2)(m) of the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’), and Section 3(b) r/w Section 4 and
Section 5(l) r/w Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act, 2012 (for short, ‘POCSO Act’).
3. According to the prosecution, the accused had, on a day in
March 2025 and again in April 2025, took the victim, who is a minor,
aged 17 years to his house, and subjected her to penetrative sexual
assault and thereby committed the offences alleged.