ORAL ORDER

The petitioner – accused No.1 is before this Court seeking quashment of the proceedings in C.C.No.373/2024, pending before the Civil Judge and JMFC, Belur, for the offences under Sections 504, 506 and 341 of the IPC.

2. Heard Sri Pratheep K.C., learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri B.N.Jagadeesh, learned Additional State Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1. Respondent No.2 is served and remains unrepresented.

3. Facts in brief, germane, are as follows:

Petitioner is accused No.1 and respondent No.2, the complainant. It transpires that, between the petitioner and respondent No.2 a civil suit in O.S.No.496/2023 is pending consideration and the petitioner has the benefit of an order of injunction granted by the concerned civil Court on 27.11.2023. After the grant of injunction, it transpires that respondent No.2 – complainant registers a complaint in Crime No.7/2024 for offences punishable under Sections 323, 354, 506 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act 2015, making several allegations against the petitioner. Respondent No.1 – police, after investigation filed a charge