ORDER

Dated : 23^rd February, 2026 The accused persons 1 to 3 in C.C No. 139 of 2023 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-IV (Mobile), Thiruvananthapuram arising out of Crime No. 61 of 2014 of Fort police station, Thiruvananthapuram, filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C, praying for quashing all further proceedings against them.

2. One of the contentions raised by the petitioners is that with respect to the very same incident, the police already filed a report against the first accused alone, alleging the offence punishable under Section 498A IPC and the same is pending before the jurisdictional Magistrate as C.C 146 of 2015. With respect to the very same incident, the de facto complainant, namely, the third respondent filed C.M.P No. 351 of 2023, styling the same as a protest complaint against all the petitioners, in which, the learned Magistrate after conducting an enquiry, took cognizance of the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 406, 120B r/w 34 IPC and as such now two cases are pending with respect to the very same incident. This court has already quashed C.C No. 146 of 2015 as per order in Crl.M.C.No.7507/2025. Therefore, at present C.C No. 139