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The Kerala authorities volition record an entreaty against the verdict of the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court successful the histrion rape and abduction case, Law Minister P. Rajeeve has said.
Speaking to reporters successful the aftermath of the verdict that acquitted Dileep, the eighth accused successful the case, connected Monday, Mr. Rajeeve said helium had already spoken to the Chief Minister and that the authorities had decided to entreaty against the verdict. The prosecution has been directed to instrumentality the archetypal steps successful this regard.
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Though the transgression has been proved, it needs to beryllium analysed wherefore the conspiracy down it could not beryllium established, which requires a elaborate survey of the verdict. In an unprecedented move, the prosecution had prepared a 1,512‑page statement enactment moving into 5 volumes detailing the arguments and grounds presented astatine assorted stages of the case. However, the verdict appears not to lucifer that enactment oregon the foolproof investigation, helium said.
“The State authorities has ever stood with the survivor, and we are assured she is alert of that. The probe squad and the prosecution were fixed afloat freedom, and the subsister was taken into assurance throughout. The Director General of Prosecution besides intervened astatine the due time,” said Mr. Rajeeve.
Dismisses Dileep’s accusation
He dismissed Dileep’s accusation that a pack of transgression constabulary officers was down the case, calling it “the rant of immoderate acquitted accused.”
The important happening to note, helium said, is that the authorities handled the lawsuit with “the seriousness it deserved.”
He added that “the level of owed diligence successful probe and prosecution maintained would not person been imaginable if Pinarayi Vijayan had not been the Chief Minister and the Left Democratic Front had not been successful power.”
The constabulary investigated the lawsuit diligently, and the prosecution, Mr. Rajeeve said, was assured of having presented its lawsuit forcefully successful court.
