ORDER :

A. Badharudeen, J.

This Criminal Miscellaneous Case has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to quash all further proceedings in Annexure-V Final Report, now pending as S.C. No.605/2020 on the files of the Special Court for trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act [hereinafter referred as ‘POCSO Act’ for short], Palakkad. The petitioner herein is the sole accused in the above case.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor, in detail. Perused the case diary and the relevant materials available.

3. In a nut shell, the prosecution allegation is that, while the victim, a minor girl, was studying in the 4th standard at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Thiruvazhiyadu, she felt head ache and informed the same to one Suchitra teacher. The teacher advised her to take rest inside the class room and she found abode inside the class room. The petitioner/accused is also a teacher of the school. Later, she was brought to the class room of the petitioner/accused and the accused insisted her to sit at his class room. During interval, all students went out of the class room and the victim lai