(1.) This petition is filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C.
(2.) The petitioner herein is the accused in S.C. No.517 of 2015 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court-I, Thalassery. In the aforesaid case, he stands indicted for having committed offence punishable under Sections 376 , 384 and 420 of the IPC.
(3.) According to the prosecution, the petitioner is a property broker by profession. On 29.11.2011 at about 12 p.m., he is alleged to have subjected the victim to non-consensual sexual intercourse. It is further alleged that the victim was blackmailed and was made to part with huge sums of money.