O R D E R Dated this the 16^th day of January, 2026 This is a petition filed under Section 528 of the BNSS praying for giving a direction to the 3^rd respondent to issue a Non-Involvement in Offences Certificate (NIOC) for the petitioner.

2. According to the learned counsel, at first, the 3^rd respondent rejected his application as per Annexure A. Subsequently, he received Annexure E communication stating that he is involved in crime No.814/2025 of Vallikunnam Police Station. Relying upon the decision of this Court in Abhirami Girish v. State of Kerala and Another (Crl.M.C. No.8310/2024 decided on 16.10.2024), the learned counsel would argue that merely because there is a case pending against the petitioner, the certificate cannot be denied and the option available to the 3^rd respondent is to mention about the details of the case while issuing the certificate. In the above decision, in paragraphs 9 and

10 this court observed as follows:

“9. As found by this Court in Shibu K.R. ’s case (supra), Section 59 of the