O R D E R

Dated this the 23^rd day of February, 2026 The petitioner is the original 2^nd accused in Crime No.105/2008 registered by the Parippally Police Station, Kollam, against three accused persons, alleging the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 465 , 471, 279, 337, 338 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 39 read with Section 192 and 146 read with Section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act . The case against the petitioner was split up and the trial as against the accused 1 and 3 was conducted by the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, South Paravur (‘Trial Court’, in short) as C.C.No.456/2008 and, by Annexure A3 judgment, the said accused persons were acquitted. Subsequently, the case against the petitioner is re-

numbered as C.C.No.291/2019.

2. The crux of the prosecution case is that;

The 1^st accused had purchased a Motorcycle bearing Registration No.MH 31 AY 6415 from PW5 and altered the number of the vehicle by placing a forged number plate which exhibited the number of the vehicle as KL 2M 213. Subsequently, he sold the vehicle to the 2^nd accused, who bought it with the knowledge that the registration was forged. Subsequently, on