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This Criminal Miscellaneous case is filed to quash the proceedings in CC No. 758/2018 on the file of the Addl.Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thiruvananthapuram arising from crime No. 2560/2017 of Medical College Police Station. The above case is charge-sheeted alleging offence punishable under Sec. 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (for short 'JJ Act').

2. The 1^st petitioner is the Principal and the 2^nd petitioner is the Sanskrit Teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Air Force Station At Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram. The allegation against the petitioners is that on 12.12.2017, when a 9^th Standard student namely, Arjun Dev Singh arrived the School with short hair cut, the 2^nd petitioner threatened him to shave his head openly in classroom. On the next day, he was called to the 1^st petitioner's room and he was questioned as to the presence of his father in the hair cutting saloon. When he replied in positive, the Principal shouted in a horrified manner that the Air Force should be ashamed of your father. When the student requested the Principal to talk to his father, the Principal shouted that I will not talk to that useless. Hence, it is all