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Yes, on the facts in the order, the accused appears eligible for release under Section 479 BNSS. The offences are Sections 379 and 411 IPC, each punishable with at most 3 years' imprisonment, and neither carries death or life imprisonment, so the Section 479 bar does not apply. The order records that he has no criminal history, which makes him a first-time offender, so he qualifies after serving one-third of the maximum sentence, i.e. 1 year. He has been in custody since 14.03.2023, so he crossed that threshold on 14.03.2024. Even the general half-term threshold of 1.5 years was crossed on 14.09.2024. Because BNSS took effect only on 01.07.2024, his entitlement strictly arises from 01.07.2024. The Supreme Court has held that Section 479 applies to all undertrial prisoners in pending cases, whenever the offence was registered. By the order date of 28.10.2026 he had been in custody for over 3 years 7 months, longer than the maximum 3-year sentence for either offence. The order does not mention Section 479 at all and rejects bail only on the "gravity of the offence", which looks like an oversight. This assumes he has no other pending cases against him and that he caused no delay in the trial that would be excluded from the computation, and the order records neither. Subject to that, he should be released on his personal bond, with the jail superintendent or the court acting on it, and a fresh application invoking Section 479 should be filed.