District and Sessions Judge N Harikumar, while granting the bail, allowed Mamkootathil’s appeal against the dismissal of his bail application by a judicial magistrate's court that had denied him bail, stating that the allegations against him were serious and that he had similar antecedents.
Thiruvalla Judicial First Class Magistrate Court Judge Arundhanthi Dileep, while dismissing the bail application filed by the accused MLA, observed that the prosecution's allegation that the accused is a habitual offender was well-founded.
Mamkootathil, a young leader, has been the face and mouth of the Congress in Kerala. Now, he has reached the point of being what the police call a habitual offender.
Following the arrest of expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a fresh sexual assault case, the woman who first accused him of rape charges has reacted emotionally to the arrest of the MLA in a fresh rape case.
He stated that Mamkotathil's claim in the court that he became close to the man's wife after he intervened to resolve their family issues is not true as claimed by the accused in his application for anticipatory bail to the court.
The sessions court Judge, Nazeera S, had, on Wednesday, granted anticipatory bail to Rahul Makootathil, holding that there was no prima facie material to support the survivor’s allegation that the MLA had raped her.
However, in the second sexual assault case registered against him, the Thiruvananthapuram district sessions court did not grant him interim protection from arrest.
Addressing the media in Kochi on Friday , Pinarayi Vijayan said that the police are taking effective steps to find Rahul Mamkoothil, who has been absconding for the past nine days in connection with sexual harassment cases.
In the petition, Mamkootathil has admitted to having a physical relationship with the complainant but has contended that it was entirely consensual.
Even those who had always supported Rahul in his growth could only watch helplessly as he fell.
