ORDER :

The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.59/2023 of the Ottapalam Police Station. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Sections 7,8,10,9(l),9(m),9(n) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO ACT).

2. The victim in the said case is none other than the son of the petitioner herein, who is aged ten years. The allegation against the petitioner is that while the petitioner was given interim custody of the child as per the order passed by the Family Court, Ottapalam and when he was interacting with the child by sitting in his car parked in front of the Family Court, the petitioner allegedly shown nude photographs of the victim, which were taken while he was a small kid and also touched inappropriately with sexual intent on the private parts of the victim. This application for Anticipatory Bail is submitted by the petitioner in such circumstances as he apprehends arrest.

3. Heard Sri. S. Rajeev, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri.Sreejith V.S., the learned Public Prosecutor of the State.

4. The specific contention of the learned counsel for the pe