ORDER

Dated this the 29^th day of January, 2026 This is a petition filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. , by the accused 2 & 4 in Crime No.279/2017 of Kuttipuram Police Station, which is pending as CC. No.631/2018 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Tirur. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections

448, 341, 323, 354, 294(b), 506(i) r/w 34 of IPC.

2. The prosecution case is that on 18.11.2017 at about 1.30 p.m., the petitioners along with other accused persons trespassed into the residence of the defacto complainant, wrongfully restrained her, that when CW2 intervened, the 1^st accused outraged her modesty by tearing off her maxi and thereby they are alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences.

3. According to the petitioners, the dispute has been amicably settled with the defacto complainant/victim/ respondent No.2 & 3 and that they agreed to drop all further proceedings relating to the above dispute. Therefore, they prayed for quashing all further proceedings against them.

4. The defacto complainant and CW2 filed affidavits endorsing the averments in the Criminal MC. According to them, the dispute has been amicably settled and that they do n