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. 5129 OF 2023 CRIME NO.1205/2022 OF THRIKKODITHANAM POLICE STATION, KOTTAYAM SC NO.625 OF 2022 OF FAST TRACK SPECIAL COURT, CHANGANASSERY PETITIONER/ACCUSED:

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SRI.K.SHAJ SHRI.BHARAT VIJAY P.

SMT.MINU VITTORRIA PAULSON RESPONDENT/S:

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

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SR.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. M.S. BREEZ SMT.NEETHU S.

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 The petitioner is the accused in crime No.1205/2022 of Thrikkodithanam Police station, Kottayam. The offences alleged against him are under Sections 376 (2)(n) of Indian Penal Code , Sections 4 , r/w 3, 6 r/w 5(1), 7 & 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 6 7A of the Information Technology Act .

2. The prosecution case is that the accused made friendship with the defacto complainant and thereafter on one day in November, 2021, tr