ORDER

Dated this the 13^th day of January, 2026 This is a petition filed under S.482 Cr.PC by the sole accused in C.C No. 1000 of 2019 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kunnamkulam arising out of Crime No.111 of 2019 of Vadakkekad police station. The offences alleged against the petitoner are under Sections 341 and

323 of the IPC and Section 82 (1) of the Juvanile Justice Act.

2. The prosecution case is that, on 20.02.2019 at about

11.15 a.m., the accused who was the teacher of the defacto complainant, while the students were assembled for taking photographs, voluntarily caused hurt to the defacto complainant as he disobeyed the direction of the accused and thereby he is alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences.

3 According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, when the students assembled for taking a group photo, the defacto complainant had shown obscene gestures and at that time he had only scolded the defacto complainant as part of enforcing discipline among the students. He would also submit that there is no merit in the allegation against the petitoner that he had voluntarily caused hurt to the defacto complainant. Therefore, the learned coun