C.S.DIAS, J.

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Crl.M.C. No. 1479 OF 2026 -----------------------------------------------

Dated this the 24^th day of February, 2026 ORDER The petitioner is the counter petitioner in M.C.No.231/2025 on the file of the Court of the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Kasaragod.

2. The petitioner has been served with Annexure-A1 preliminary order directing him to show cause why he should not be called upon to execute a bond for Rs.50,000/- with two solvent sureties to keep peace for a period of one year as contemplated under Sections 126 /129 read with Section 130 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘ BNSS ’, in short).

3. The petitioner contends that Annexure-A1 preliminary order is unsustainable in law because the Sub Divisional Magistrate has not set forth the substance of the information in the said order, which is mandatory under Section 126 read with Section 130 of the BNSS , and the law laid down by this Court in Moidu vs. State of Kerala ( 1982 KHC 139 ). Therefore, Annexure-A1 order may be quashed.

4. I have heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. In the above context it is necessary to ref