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The Principal Sessions Court successful Thiruvananthapuram has posted the anticipatory bail plea filed by Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil for proceeding connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025).
Mr. Mamkootathil, who is facing charges of rape and coerced termination of pregnancy, has reportedly submitted integer grounds successful court, via his counsel, to bolster the statement that helium was the unfortunate of a governmental conspiracy and that the narration with the complainant, a pistillate acquaintance of the MLA, was consensual.
Meanwhile, the constabulary person reportedly invoked provisions of the Indian Evidence Act and obtained a 65B certification to forestall immoderate situation to the admissibility of physics records, including audio clips, video footage, and substance messages, successful the case. The determination follows investigators taking custody of the complainant’s mobile telephone and different integer devices arsenic evidence. The constabulary are apt to question tribunal support to taxable the devices to cyberforensic investigation to find their evidentiary value.
Investigators judge the introspection volition show that the physics records, including allegedly incriminating audio recordings and substance messages, created with the devices were not tampered with and are admissible arsenic evidence.
Officials said investigators were processing grounds disposable connected grounds to laic the ineligible crushed for signaling Mr. Mamkootathil’s statement. The constabulary are yet to contented immoderate summons for questioning to Mr. Mamkootathil.
Drugs for miscarriage
The constabulary are besides investigating Mr. Mamkootathil connected charges of obtaining medicines causing miscarriage without a prescription, employing an acquaintance to present the pills to the victim, and coercing her to instrumentality the drug, portion helium allegedly watched connected a video telephone to guarantee her compliance. The constabulary person named Mr. Mamkootathil’s acquaintance, Joby Joseph, a businessperson successful Pathanamthitta, arsenic the 2nd accused successful the case. The constabulary are reportedly yet to contented immoderate summons to Mr. Joseph.
MLA’s contention
The imaginable charges against some see usurpation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, which protects the reproductive rights of women, including those extracurricular the ambit of accepted marriage.
In his bail application, Mr. Mamkootathil has denied the charge, alleging that the pistillate with whom helium had a narration was joined and had consumed the termination pills connected her ain volition.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mamkootathil has remained unavailable connected the telephone since the pistillate met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan astatine his bureau successful the authorities Secretariat connected Thursday evening and lodged her complaint.
Lookout notice
His defence lawyers person denied reports that the MLA is absconding, noting that immoderate effort to fly could perchance jeopardise Mr. Mamkootathil’s chances for anticipatory bail.
Nevertheless, the constabulary person moved the Bureau of Immigration, the Central authorities bureau that controls introduction and exit points successful the country, including air, oversea and onshore ports, to contented a lookout announcement for Mr. Mamkootathil.
