ORDER

The prayer in the above Crl.M.C filed under Sec.482 of the Cr.P.C is as follows:

“to quash Annexure-I F.I.R in Crime No.731/2018 of Tirur Police Station, registered by the 2nd respondent pending before the Addl.District and Sessions court-I, Manjeri and render justice to the Petitioner.”

2. Heard Sri.S.K.Adhithyan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner/accused and Smt.Priya Shanavas, learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents.

3. The petitioner herein has been arrayed as the sole accused in Crime No.731/2018 of Tirur Police Station, Malappuram, which has been registered for offences punishable under Secs.9(f) & 10 of the POCSO Act, 2012 and under Sec.3(1)(w)(i) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act , Sec.75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and under Sec.354A(1)(i) of the IPC . 4. The prosecution case in short is that the petitioner/accused is a teacher in the school, where the minor victim girl now aged 15 years is studying and that she is an orphan girl, she has lost both her parents and she is now placed in a care institution for orphans and that sometime in July, 2015, she had gone out th