IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C. JAYACHANDRAN THURSDAY, THE 27^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025 / 8TH PHALGUNA, 1946 CRL.MC NO. 49 OF 2024 CRIME NO.360/2018 OF ARTHUNGAL POLICE STATION, ALAPPUZHA AGAINST CC NO.136 OF 2019 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, CHERTHALA PETITIONER/ACCUSED:

SHEELA,AGED 51 YEARS,VADAKKEKALAKKAD HOUSE, MARARIKKULAM NORTH P.O,ALAPPUZHA., PIN - 688523 BY ADVS.

P.VINODKUMAR PARVATHI VENUGOPAL RESPONDENT/STATE & DEFACTO COMPLAINANT:

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

2 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX SRI. C.N. PRABHAKARAN (SR.PP)

ADV P.ABDUL NISHAD FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.02.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

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 which are not compoundable in terms of Section 320 of the Code. One among the guidelines was that the offences against human body, other tha