ORDER:

G.GIRISH, J.

The petitioner is the accused in CC No.515/2018 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Hosdurg. The allegation against him is that he committed offence under Section 294 (b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 , and Section 117 (e) of the Kerala Police Act, 2011 .

2. The prosecution case is that in between 11 am and 6.30 pm, on 06.03.2018, the petitioner continuously telephoned the Sub Inspector of Police, Neeleswaram, to his land phone and mobile phone, and subjected him to verbal abuse and also threatened him from proceeding against a complaint which the Sub Inspector has received against the petitioner.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor representing the State of Kerala.

4. The case has been registered suo moto by the Sub Inspector of Police, Neeleswaram, on 06.03.2018, after he received threatening phone calls from the petitioner. It is stated that the Sub Inspector of Police had intervened, when he received a complaint from a lady that the petitioner herein had been verbally abusing her over telephone and thus harassing her. The Sub Inspector of Police, Neeleswaram, is stated to have contacted the