IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. BADHARUDEEN TUESDAY, THE 19^TH DAY OF MAY 2026 / 29TH VAISAKHA, 1948 CRL.A NO. 576 OF 2026 CRIME NO.174/2026 OF ERNAKULAM NORTH POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 18.04.2026 IN CRMP NO.1 OF

2026 OF SPECIAL COURT- OFFENCES UNDER SC/ST (POA)

ACT,1989, ERNAKULAM APPELLANT/ACCUSED:

HARIKRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS HARISREE BHAVANAM, NANGIRAKULANGARA P.O HARIPAD, PIN - 690513 BY ADVS.

SRI.R.SUNIL KUMAR SMT.A.SALINI LAL SHRI.JINU P. BINU RESPONDENTS/STATE AND DE FACTO COMPLAINANT:

1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031

2 XXXX XXXX SRI.VIPIN NARAYAN.A, SR.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON

18.05.2026 AND THE COURT ON 19.05.2026 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 19^th day of May, 2026 This criminal appeal is at the instance of the sole accused in crime No.174/2026 of North Police Station, Ernakulam, challenging order dated 18.04.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.1/2026, rendered by the Special Court under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Ernakulam.

2. Heard the learned coun