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The Principal Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram, connected Wednesday (December 3, 2024) posted the anticipatory bail plea filed by Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the rape and coerced termination of gestation case for further proceeding connected Thursday (December 4, 2025).
The tribunal conducted the hearing, which lasted astir 2 hours, successful camera.
Investigators said the prosecution had sought much clip to nutrient further materials, including perchance medico-legal certificates, statements from doctors who treated the pistillate complainant, and preliminary audio forensic investigation reports, to antagonistic the defence’s arguments.
Mr Mamkootathil’s counsel reportedly requested immunity from apprehension pending the court’s determination connected his client’s anticipatory bail. However, the State-side reportedly remained non-committal. The tribunal was yet to contented immoderate bid successful effect to the defence’s request.
The defence precocious its superior plea that Mr Mamkootathil was the unfortunate of “a governmental conspiracy.” It argued that the MLA’s narration with the complainant, a pistillate acquaintance, was consensual.
The defence denied the prosecution’s complaint that the MLA had coerced the pistillate to devour potent drugs, causing miscarriage against her will. It besides submitted that the complainant was legally joined and had ingested the termination pills of her ain volition.
The State-side submitted the police’s preliminary probe study successful a sealed cover.
The prosecution reportedly highlighted that the lawsuit involves alleged repeated rape by a idiosyncratic successful a presumption of spot and authority, obtaining intersexual consent done deceitful means, suspected amerciable abortion, causing wounded and precipitating life-threatening complications resulting from the unsafe, unlawful, and compelled medication of potent drugs causing miscarriage, allegedly without medicine oregon aesculapian supervision.
Officials said the prosecution argued that the probe was astatine a nascent stage. If connected bail, released the State reportedly claimed, the accused could jeopardise the investigation, utilizing his governmental heft to intimidate witnesses, destruct grounds and effort to power oregon endanger the “survivor”.
Moreover, the State-side had reportedly accused Mr Mamkootathil of failing to cooperate with the probe and of remaining incommunicado aft the Nemom constabulary registered the lawsuit past week.
Moreover, the prosecution reportedly stated that Mr. Mamkootathil’s custodial interrogation was imperative, fixed the gravity of the charges against the MLA and his accomplices. The State-side said integer evidence, chiefly incriminating dependable recordings and substance messages, was captious to the case.
Hence, the constabulary had to prehend the MLA’s integer devices, including mobile phones, tablets, and computers, to analyse audio recordings and substance messages, place the parties involved, and observe immoderate tampering oregon deception.
The prosecution besides reportedly stressed the request for the custodial probe of Joby Joseph, Mr Mamkootathil’s associate, who allegedly delivered the termination pills to the pistillate and ensured that she consumed them, portion the MLA allegedly ensured compliance connected a video call.
