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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.S.DIAS, J
SAHEER MUHAMMED – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of the case and context (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. arguments from both parties (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. legal definitions and implications of forgery (Para 9 , 13) |
| 4. court’s refusal to quash proceedings (Para 19 , 20 , 23) |
ORDER
Dated this the 12th day of November, 2025
The petitioner is the accused in C.C.No.188/2018 pending before the Court of the Judicial First-Class Magistrate-III, Thiruvananthapuram (‘Trial Court’, in short). The case arises from Crime No.1508/2016 registered by the Cantonment Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram, alleging the commission of the offence punishable under Section 469 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity, ‘ IPC ’).
2. The prosecution's case, in essence, is as follows:
On 27.03.2010, the Special Private Secretary of the de facto complainant (2nd respondent – former Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Government of Kerala) had submitted a complaint to the Director General of Police, Kerala, alleging that some miscreants had registered a domain under the name ‘sreemathiteacher.com’ and had published derogatory comments against the 2nd respondent. The miscreants had provided video links for downloading the speeches of the 2nd respondent fr
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