ORDER

Petitioner is the 3rd accused in Crime No.189 of 2017 of Nedumudi Police Station, Alappuzha District, which is now pending as SC No.689 of 2018 on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Court-III, Alappuzha. The petitioner faces prosecution for having committed the offences under Sections 306 and 451 of the Indian Penal Code. The 2nd respondent is the defacto complainant.

2. The circumstances which led to registration of the crime and filing of the final report are as follows:

“The 1st accused in the case was stated to be in love with the deceased Anju. They were studying together for B.Tech at K.R.Gouriyamma College, Thuravoor. The petitioner and the 2nd accused are stated to be friends of the 1st accused. The allegation is that the 1st accused along with the 2nd and 3rd accused reached the house of the deceased on 12.03.2017 at 3.30 a.m. in the morning and the 1st accused entered the bedroom of the deceased and had sexual intercourse with her and while he was coming out of the bedroom, the parents of the deceased caught him and immediately thereafter the deceased locked the bedroom and committed suicide by hanging. According to the prosecution, the 1st accused has c