ORDER

Dated this the 25^th day of February, 2026 The accused in S.C.No.95 of 2022 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court (POCSO), Alappuzha, arising out of Crime No.107 of 2021 of Poochakkal Police Station, filed this Crl.M.C under Section 482 of the Cr.PC, praying for quashing all further proceedings against him. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 354D , 363, 370(4), 370A, 342 and 376 of the IPC and Sections 4 r/w 3(a), 8 r/w 7, 10 r/w 9(l) and 12 r/w 11(iv) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

2. The prosecution case is that, the accused with the intention to satisfy his sexual lust, after making friendship with the defacto complainant, who was a minor, took her to Chennai on 03.02.2021, tied a knot around her neck, committed penetrative sexual assault upon her, and thereby he is alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences. 3. According to the learned Counsel for the petitioner, now the entire dispute between the petitioner and the defacto complainant has been settled and that the petitoner already married the defacto complainant and now they are living happily as husband and wife. Therefore, he prayed for q