O R D E R Dated this the 20^th day of February, 2026 The sole accused in SC. No.1670/2024 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court (Violence Against Women and Children), Ernakulam, arising out of Crime No.83/2024 of Fort Kochi Police Station, filed this petition under Section 528 of the BNSS, praying for quashing all further proceedings against him. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 363 , 354 A(2), 354A(1)(i), 376, 376(2)(n) of IPC and Section 8 r/w 7, 4(1) r/w3A, 6(1)

r/w 5j(ii),(l) of POCSO Act.

2. The prosecution case is that the accused with the intention to satisfy his sexual lust, made friendship with the defacto complainant aged 17 years, took her to different places and 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, that the petitioner married the defacto complainant and now they are living together as husband and wife, happily. Therefore, he prayed for quashing all further proceedings against the petitioner.

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