IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C. JAYACHANDRAN TUESDAY, THE 11^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025 / 22ND MAGHA, 1946 CRL.MC NO. 6626 OF 2024 CRIME NO.1641/2023 OF KANNAMALI POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM IN CP NO.12 OF 2023 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOCHI PETITIONER/SOLE ACCUSED:

1 XXXXXXXXXX AGED XXX YEARS XXXXXXXXXX BY ADV ARUN ASHOK RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & DEFACTO COMPLAINANT:

1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031

2 XXXXXXXXXX AGED XXX YEARS XXXXXXXXXX

3 XXXXXXXXXX AGED XXX YEARS XXXXXXXXXX BY ADVS.

SRI.E.C.BINEESH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT. NEENA JAMES FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON

11.02.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

C. JAYACHANDRAN, J.

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Dated, this the 11^th day of February, 2025

ORDER

A five Judges Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Kulwinder Singh and Others v. State of Punjab and Another [(2007) 4 CTC 769], framed broad guidelines as regards quashment of the criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code in respect of offences whic