The petitioner has been arrayed as the sole accused in the instant

Crime No.762/2018 of Vatakara Police Station, Kozhikode which has been

registered for the offences punishable under Secs.377, 506 of IPC and

Sec.3(c) r/w Secs.4, 7 and 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences

(POCSO) Act, 2012 on the basis of the FI Statement given by the minor

victim boy on 28.08.2018 in respect of the alleged incident which

happened on 21.08.2018.

2.

The prosecution case in short is that the petitioner aged 55

years is a married man, who is living in the immediate neighbour of minor

victim boy, aged 13 years. On 28.08.2018 at 3.30 pm, the petitioner had

taken the boy to a nearby place and had committed the carnal intercourse

against the order of nature by putting his genital organ between the thighs

of the boy and ejaculating the fluid on the boy's body and that thereafter he

had offered money to the minor victim boy to not to disclose the said

incident to anyone.

3.

It appears that the mother of the minor victim boy found that

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he was having extra cash and on questioning him, the boy had revealed to

her about the said incident. Later, the parents had informed the matter to

the authorities concer