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ORDER :
A. Badharudeen, J.
Order in CMP No.3958/2024 dated 05.10.2024 in CC No.544A/2019 on the files of Special Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thrissur is under challenge in this revision petition filed under Section 438 and 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor appearing for respondents 1 and 2 on admission.
3. In this matter, the prosecution filed Final Report alleging commission of offences punishable under Sections 354A, 294(b), 506, 509 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short 'the IPC') as well as under Section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act, 2011 (for short 'the K.P.Act' hereafter).
4. The learned counsel for the revision petitioners submitted that earlier the petitioners herein had filed Crl.M.C. 112/2019 before this Court and this Court disposed of the same as on 13.08.2024 with liberty to the petitioners to file discharge petition before the trial court raising the contentions raised in the Crl.M.C. Thereafter, the petitioners filed CMP No.3958/2024 before the Magistrate Court, seeking discharge, but the learned Magistrate after addres
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