ORDER :

1. By way of this Special Criminal Application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “the Cr.P.C.”) the petitioners-original accused persons sought to quash the proceedings arising from the Criminal Inquiry Case No. 2 of 2020 filed before the Special Court (POCSO), Surat as well as the order dated 31st August 2021, by which the learned Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO), Surat issued summons under Section 204 of the Cr.P.C. for the offence punishable under Sections 323 , 354(b) and 114 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE read with Sections 7 , 8 and 11 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (for short “the POCSO Act”) against the present petitioners.

2. The translation of the criminal complaint filed by the complainant is as under:

“(1) I - the complainant took admission of our daughter Namely Drumi in standard 5(C) at Mahidharpura Urban Society English Medium School (MUS) Laldarwaja Surat in the year-2017-18.

(2) On 03.01.2018, at the school, the accused no. 7, the class teacher