IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.PRATHEEP KUMAR THURSDAY, THE 29^TH DAY OF JANUARY 2026 / 9TH MAGHA, 1947 CRL.MC NO. 7935 OF 2023 CC NO.1848 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -I, KANNUR PETITIONER/ACCUSED:

VIJU AGED 45 YEARS, S/O.KUNHIRAMAN, PUTHUSSERI VALAPPIL, KEEZHARA.P.O, CHERUKUNNU (VIA), KANNAPURAM AMSOM, KANNUR DISTRICT, PIN - 670301 BY ADV SRI.V.A.SATHEESH RESPONDENTS/STATE & DEFACTO COMPLAINANT:

1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031

2 SARANYA.K AGED 31 YEARS, D/O.RAGHAVAN, KOYYALAN HOUSE, PANTHOTTAM, MORAZHA.P.O, MORAZHA AMSOM, KANNUR DISTRICT, PIN – 670331 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT. C. SEENA THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON

29.01.2026, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

O R D E R Dated this the 29^th day of January, 2026 This is a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure , by the accused in CC. No.1848/2024 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Kannur. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 498A IPC. Originally the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Kannur, had ta