ORDER

This is a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure , 1973, by the accused in Crime No.234 of 2020 of Koppam Police Station, Palakkad, which is pending as SC. No.36/2021 on the file of the Fast Track Special Court (POCSO), Pattambi. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Section 354A (1)(i)of Indian Penal Code , 1860, Section 8 r/w 7, 10 r/w 9(n) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Section 7 5 of the Juvanile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)

Act, 2015.

2. The prosecution case is that on 20.05.2020 at about

5.30 p.m, the accused who is the relative of the defacto complainant outraged her modesty by grabbing her body and thereby he alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences.

3. According to the petitioner, the dispute has been settled with the defacto complainant and victim/ respondent No.2 and she agreed to drop all further proceedings relating to the above dispute. Therefore, the petitioner prayed for quashing all further proceedings against him.

4. The Defacto complainant/victim filed an affidavit endorsing the averments in the Criminal MC. According to her, the case has been amicably settled and that sh