ORDER

Dated this the 14^th day of November, 2025 The petitioner is the sole accused in Crime No.1186/2022 of Kadakkal Police Station, which is pending as CP. No.66/2024 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kadakkal, alleging offences under Section 324 of IPC and Section 75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act .

2. The prosecution case is that the accused who was the Headmistress of Kummil Higher Secondary School, Kollam, on 21.06.2022 at about 2.05 p.m., beat on the palm of the defacto complainant and her four friends who are minors on the ground that they reached the class belatedly and thereby she alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences.

3. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, it is a false case forged against the petitioner and that the petitioner is innocent. Further, according to the learned counsel, the allegations raised against the petitioner does not constitute the offences under Section 324 IPC and Section 75 of JJ Act. Therefore, he prayed for quashing all further proceedings against the petitioner.

4. The petition was opposed by the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. On a perusal of the FI Statement and the stateme