LAWS(KER)-2023-7-154

ASHOK KUMARAN Vs. STATE OF KERALA

Decided On July 11, 2023
Ashok Kumaran Appellant
V/S
STATE OF KERALA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These petitions are filed under Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ("the Code" for the sake of brevity), seeking to quash all further proceedings in C.C.No. 417/2021 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate court, Alappuzha.

(2.) The petitioner in Crl.M.C.No. 5901/2022 is the 1st accused, and the petitioners in Crl. M.C.No.6042/2022 are the accused Nos. 2 and 3 in C.C.No.417/2021 in the above case. They are facing prosecution for having committed offences punishable under Ss. 420, 468, and 471 r/w. Sec. 34 of the IPC.

(3.) Short facts are as under