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This is a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Special Branch, Thrissur city, who is the Investigating Officer in the special investigation team in crime 1229 of 2017 of Chalakudy police station.

2. That crime was registered initially under Section 57 of the Kerala Police Act on getting information about missing of one Rajeev. On 29.09.2017, the 7th accused had made a telephone call to the Dy.S.P., Chalakudy, intimating that one Rajeev had fallen unconscious when the friends of the 5th accused used some force to get some documents executed. He also informed the Dy.S.P. that the 5th accused will contact him soon to provide more details. The police party reached the place and found the body of the said Rajeev and on that basis the crime was registered under Section 57 of the Police Act and thereafter, during the course of investigation, offences under Sections 364, 384, 302, 120B read with 34 IPC were made out and thus those Sections were incorporated. Accused Nos.1 to 4, who had allegedly killed the said Rajeev, were arrested on 30.09.2017. Later it came out that everything was done after hatching crimina