ORDER

Dated this the 21^st day of November, 2025 The petitioner is the counter petitioner in M.C.No.499/2025 on the file of the Court of the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Thrissur.

2. The petitioner has been served with Annexure-2 preliminary order directing him to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond for Rs.1,00,000/- with two solvent sureties for the like amount, to keep peace for a period of one year as contemplated under Section 126 read with Section 130 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (‘ BNSS ’, in short). Subsequent to the said order the petitioner has also been served with Annexure-1 summons to appear before the Sub Divisional Magistrate.

3. The petitioner contends that Annexure-2 preliminary order is unsustainable in law because the Sub Divisional Magistrate has not set forth the substance of the information in the said order, which is mandatory under Section 126 read with Section 130 of the BNSS , and the law laid down by this Court inMoidu vs. State of Kerala ( 1982 KHC 139 ). Therefore, Annexure-A1 order may be quashed.

4. Heard; the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. In the above context it is neces