JUDGMENT

The petitioner seeks for grant of police protection to his life and property from the threat of respondents 4 and 5. The petitioner alleges that in the year 2003, six cows belonging to him were stolen and he suspected respondents 4 and 5 to be the culprits. Pointing out the above, a crime was registered as FIR No.56/2023 before the Poovar Police Station for the offence under Section 379 IPC . In the meantime, respondents 4 and 5 started threatening the petitioner to withdraw the crime and since the petitioner did not heed to their demands, they have started threatening him.

2. The learned Government Pleader, upon instructions, submitted that Crime No.56/2023 was referred after investigation, as undetected and a report was filed to that effect before the jurisdictional Magistrate on 25.11.2023. Thereafter there has been no reports of any threat or harm being caused to the petitioner by respondents 4 and 5. The learned Government Pleader also submitted that the 4^th respondent is a close relative of the petitioner and the intention seems to be to array the 4^th respondent, who is employed with BSF, in a crime.

3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as t