O R D E R

(Dated this the 16th day of December, 2025)

The 5th accused in Crime No. 2430 of 2020 of Kodungallur Police Station filed this petition under Section 482 of Cr.PC for quashing all further proceedings against him. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 228-A (1) of IPC , on the ground that he has disclosed the identity of the victim in a PoCSO case in the social media. According to the learned Counsel for the petitioner, in the allegations levelled against the petitioner as well as from the documents produced by the police along with the final report, there is nothing to prove that, by the conduct of the petitioner, the identity of the victim in the PoCSO case was made known to others. Therefore, he prayed for quashing all further proceedings against the petitioner.

2. The petition was opposed by the learned Public Prosecutor. From the final report as well as from the screen short produced along with the final report it is revealed that the petitioner has posed onl