C.S.DIAS,J --------------------------------------------

CRL.MC NO. 10043 OF 2025 ---------------------------------------------

Dated this the 24th day of February, 2026

ORDER

The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.285/2025, registered by the Mattancherry Police Station, Ernakulam, alleging the commission of the offences punishable under Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 , (' BNS ', in short).

2. The substratum of the prosecution case is that:

On 19.08.2025, at around 20.00 hours, the petitioner caught hold of the 3^rd respondent and stabbed him on his left rib with a knife and he suffered grievous injuries. Thus, the petitioner has committed the above offences.

3. The petitioner has invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (' BNSS ', in short), to quash all further proceedings in the above case. It is asserted that the dispute that led to the filing of the complaint has been amicably settled between the petitioner and the 3^rd respondent, who has executed Annexure-A2 affidavit, affirming the settlement.

4. I have heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor an