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. 11615 OF 2025 CRIME NO.682/2022 OF MATTANCHERRY POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT DATED IN SC NO.19 OF 2023 OF ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT & SESSIONS COURT (VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN), ERNAKULAM PETITIONER/ACCUSED:

XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX BY ADV SHRI.GEORGE SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS / VICTIM AND STAT E :

1 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 2 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 BY ADV SMT.A.THEJOMAYEE DEVI OTHER PRESENT:

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:

ORDER

Dated this the 29^th day of January, 2026 The petitioner is the accused in crime No.682/2022 of Mattancherry police station. The offences alleged against him are under Sections 4 49 , 376(3), 376(2),(n) of Indian Penal Code and Sections 12 r/w 11 (iv), 4(2) r/w 3(a), 6 r/w 5(l) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (PoCSO Act, in short).

2. The prosecution case is that the accus