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The Kerala High Court has issued announcement to K. Surendran, erstwhile State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and 5 others connected an entreaty filed by the authorities challenging an bid of the sessions court, Kasaragod, that acquitted them successful a bribery lawsuit pertaining to the 2021 Assembly poll.
The prosecution lawsuit was that Mr. Surendran and others bribed Bahujan Samaj Party campaigner K. Sundara by offering him ₹2.5 lakh and a smartphone for withdrawing his candidacy successful the Manjeswaram Assembly constituency. Mr. Surendran had contested unsuccessfully from the constituency.
The authorities submitted successful its petition that the bid discharging him and the others from the lawsuit was amerciable and determination was capable grounds to enactment the accused connected proceedings for the offences they had been charged with.
The sessions tribunal had successful October 2024 acquitted them successful the case. The authorities filed the entreaty aft withdrawing a reappraisal petition that it had filed successful this regard. The substance was posted for proceeding connected October 30.
The High Court had successful November 2024 called for the proceedings tribunal records successful the case, erstwhile the authorities filed the appeal.
