CR

V. RAMKUMAR, J.

1. The petitioner who is a member of the Kerala State Police Force and who was working at the relevant time as the Sub Inspector of Police Ponnani, seeks to quash the cognizance taken and the summons issued to him by the J.F.C.M. - I, Ponnani in S.T. No. 330 of 2008 for offences punishable under Sections 323 and 453 I.P.C. The aforesaid S.T. Case arose out of Annexure – A private complaint filed by the 2nd respondent herein (Smt. Majida, A.M.) who is a lady Advocate practicing at Ponnani.

2. The case of the prosecution as alleged in Annexure – A private complaint can be

THE PROSECUTION CASE summarised as follows:- On 19-2-2008 at about 11 a.m. when the complainant Advocate was discussing a matter with her clients including one Moideen in her office at Gym Road, Ponnani, the accused Sub Inspector of Police, Ponnani barged into her office room without her permission and asked his police party to take her clients as well as the complainant into custody . When the complainant and her husband obstructed the above attempt, an altercation took place between her and the accused in the course of which the accused called her obscene words and gave her a push on