ORDER

This application seeking pre-arrest bail is preferred by the accused No. 2 in Crime No.275 of 2020 of the Kareelakulangara Police Station. The first accused in the crime is the wife of the petitioner herein. They are accused of having committed offence punishable under Sections 317 r/w Section 34 of Indian Penal Code and Section 75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

2. This application is taken up and heard through Videoconferencing.

3. The above crime was registered based on the information given by the sister of the petitioner herein. The petitioner and his wife are the parents of two minor children. The crime was registered on the allegation that the accused, being the persons in actual charge of the minor children, abandoned them in the house of the sister of the petitioner on 17.3.2020 and failed to take care of their needs.

4. Sri. K.R. Sunil, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is working at Wayanad in Skilled Construction Company as a mason. He used to visit his family only once in a while. The children were left in the custody of the mother. It was the mother, who has been arrayed as the 1st accuse