1. The petitioner, a medical practitioner, is the sole accused in C.C.No.52 of 2025 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kunnamkulam. The case originated from Crime No.485 of 2024, registered at the Peramangalam Police Station for the offence under S.304A of IPC . The circumstances leading to the registration of the crime are as under;

On 12.07.2023, a person named Vinod PV was admitted at the Amala Medical College with a lacerated wound on his chest. The wife of the injured, who had accompanied him, stated that the wound was the result of a drunken accident, when the injured slipped and fell on a sharp piece of wood. The patient, who was conscious and speaking coherently, supported his wife's version. The wife also informed that the patient was initially taken to the Government Hospital at Puthukkad and from there he was referred to the Medical College. Instead of following the advice, the patient was taken to the ESI Hospital and referred to the Amala Medical College. While undergoing treatment at the Amala Medical College, the patient succumbed to death at 01:50 am on 14.07.2023. In the postmortem conducted at around 03:40 pm on the same day, it was observe