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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 10518

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
JOHNSON JOHN, J
A.PRAKASHAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Smt. Reshma E., Smt. Ashika Beegam
For the Respondents: Sri. Alex M. Thombra

Table of Content
1. arguments regarding grounds for dismissal of charge. (Para 2)
2. court’s rationale on failure to provide grounds. (Para 3)
3. challenge to charge framing under ipc statutes. (Para 4)
4. observations on limited revisional jurisdiction. (Para 5 , 6)
5. final ruling on the dismissal of revision petition. (Para 7)

JOHNSON JOHN, J.

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Crl.R.P No.365 of 2020 -----------------------------------------------

Dated this the 17th day of February, 2026.

O R D E R The revision petitioner is the accused and he is challenging Annexure A6 charge framed against him in S.C.No.161 of 2014 for the offences under Sections 336 , 337 and 338 IPC by the trial court on 21.11.2019.

2. Heard Smt. Reshma E., the learned counsel for the revision petitioner and Sri. Alex M. Thombra, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor for the respondent.

3. The learned counsel for the revision petitioner argued that the learned Additional Sessions Judge has failed to provide the reasons for his findings that offences punishable underSections 336, 337 and 338 will stand against the petitioner and that the trial court ought to have found that the said offences will not stand

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