ORDER

Dated : 9^th February, 2026 The petitioner who is the sole accused in C.C.38/2020 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Mananthavady arising out of crime No.308/2019 of Thondernadu police station, Wayanad, filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C, praying for quashing all further proceedings against him.

2. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Section 324 IPC and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)

Act, 2015 (for short, JJ Act).

3. The prosecution case is that while the daughter of the de facto complainant was studying in 10^th standard at MTDM High school Palery, the accused who was her teacher voluntarily caused hurt to her by beating her with a cane for the reason that she omitted to bring the Chemistry book. It is also alleged that because of the above incident, the daughter of the de facto complainant sustained injury and she lost classes for about 75 days, that the accused made corrections in her attendance register and refused to give admission to her for the Plus One course, as promised.

4. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, even if the entire allegations levelled against the petitione