ORDER :

The prayer in the aforecaptioned Criminal Miscellaneous Case filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C is as follows:

“To quash Annexure A1 final report in Crime No.159 /2019 of Kollengode Police Station and all further proceedings in SC 783/2019 of Special Court for SC/ST (POA), Mannarkad and orders may be passed accordingly.”

2. Heard Sri.K. Mohanakannan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner (accused), Sri.B. Jayasurya, learned Public Prosecutor appearing for R1-State of Kerala and Sri.Navaneeth D. Pai, learned counsel appearing for contesting respondent No.2 (lady de facto complainant).

3. The petitioner herein has been arrayed as the sole accused in the instant crime No.159 of 2019 of Kollengode Police Station, Palakkad District for offences punishable under Section 376(2)(n) of the IPC and Sections 3(1)(w)(i) and 3(2)(v) of Scheduled Castes /Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 as amended in 2015, on the basis of the First Information Statement given by the 2nd respondent (lady de facto complainant) on 06.04.2019 in respect of the alleged incidents which are said to have taken place for the period from July 2012 to February 2019. The Police after inve