Rahul Mamkootathil Photograph Credit score: KK Mustafah
The Principal Classes Court docket, Thiruvananthapuram, on Wednesday (December 3, 2024) posted the anticipatory bail plea filed by Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil. within the rape and coerced termination of being pregnant case for additional listening to on Thursday (December 4, 2025).
The courtroom carried out the listening to, which lasted almost two hours, in digicam.
Investigators stated the prosecution had sought extra time to supply further supplies, together with presumably medico-legal certificates, statements from docs who handled the girl complainant, and preliminary audio forensic evaluation stories, to counter the protection’s arguments.
Mr Mamkootathil’s counsel reportedly requested immunity from arrest pending the courtroom’s choice on his shopper’s anticipatory bail. Nevertheless, the State-side reportedly remained non-committal. The courtroom was but to difficulty any order in response to the defence’s request.
The protection superior its major plea that Mr Mamkootathil was the sufferer of “a political conspiracy.” It argued that the MLA’s relationship with the complainant, a lady acquaintance, was consensual.
The protection denied the prosecution’s cost that the MLA had coerced the girl to eat potent medicine, inflicting miscarriage towards her will. It additionally submitted that the complainant was legally married and had ingested the abortion tablets of her personal volition.
The State-side submitted the police’s preliminary investigation report in a sealed cowl.
The prosecution reportedly highlighted that the case entails alleged repeated rape by an individual ready of belief and authority, acquiring sexual consent via deceitful means, suspected unlawful abortion, inflicting harm and precipitating life-threatening issues ensuing from the unsafe, illegal, and compelled administration of potent medicine inflicting miscarriage, allegedly with out prescription or medical supervision.
Officers stated the prosecution argued that the investigation was at a nascent stage. If on bail, launched the State reportedly claimed, the accused might jeopardize the investigation, utilizing his political heft to intimidate witnesses, destroy proof and try and affect or threaten the “survivor”.
Furthermore, the State-side had reportedly accused Mr Mamkootathil of failing to cooperate with the investigation and of remaining incommunicado after the Nemom police registered the case final week.
Moreover, the prosecution reportedly acknowledged that Mr. Mamkootathil’s custodial interrogation was crucial, given the gravity of the fees towards the MLA and his accomplices. The State-side stated digital proof, mainly incriminating voice recordings and textual content messages, was very important to the case.
Therefore, the police needed to seize the MLA’s digital units, together with cell phones, tablets, and computer systems, to look at audio recordings and textual content messages, establish the events concerned, and detect any tampering or deception.
The prosecution additionally reportedly careworn the necessity for the custodial investigation of Joby Joseph, Mr Mamkootathil’s affiliate, who allegedly delivered the abortion tablets to the girl and ensured that she consumed them, whereas the MLA allegedly ensured compliance on a video name.
Printed – December 03, 2025 04:03 pm IST