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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 23417

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C. Pratheep Kumar, J
Dr.V.Abhilash – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sri.K.V.Sree Vinayakan
For the Respondents: Sri. Bindu O. V.

Table of Content
1. initiation of quashing proceedings with opposing arguments. (Para 1 , 4 , 5)
2. allegations regarding inappropriate inquiries and their implications. (Para 2 , 3 , 6)
3. court's reasoning for partial quash and maintaining other charges. (Para 7)

ORDER

Dated this the 12th day of March, 2026 The accused in C.C. No. 984 of 2023 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-l, Hosdurg, arising out of Crime No. 1627 of 2022 of Hosdurg police station, filed this Crl.M.C. under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S., praying for quashing all further proceedings against him. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 354A , 354(1)(i), 354(1)(iv) and 509 of the IPC . 2. The prosecution case is that on 21.10.2022 at about 9.30 a.m., the accused who was working as a Pediatric Surgeon in Government District Hospital, Kanjangad, after knowing that the defacto complainant is a graduate in Hindi, asked the Hindi words for ‘vagina’, ‘penis’ and ‘clitoris’ with sexual intent and thereby insulted the modesty of the defacto complainant.

3. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the allegations levelled against the petitioner do not make out the offen

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