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This Crl.M.C. under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is at the instance of the sole accused in Crime No.635 of 2020 of Museum Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District, registered under Sections 14 read with Sections 13 and 15 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (Amended 2019) and Section 67B of the Information Technology Act, to quash Annexure-A1 FIR and Annexure-A2 charge-sheet in SC No.818 of 2022 on the file of Additional District & Sessions Court (Atrocities & Sexual Violence Against Women & Children), Thiruvananthapuram.

2. The grievance of the petitioner is that Crime No.637 of 2020 of Museum Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram, was registered against him under Sections 7 r/w 8, 9(l) r/w 10, 9(m) r/w 10, 9(n) r/w 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, for sexually assaulting the victim, who is a 7 year old girl, and that case was tried and he was found not guilty of the offences alleged and was acquitted under Section 232 of Cr.P.C. But he is facing trial again in SC No.818 of 2022, on charges under Sections 14 read with Sections 13 and 15 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and Section 67B of the IT Act, on the complaint made by the ve