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Complainant in rape case approaches Kerala HC, seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail of Eldhose Kunnappilly

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Kochi: The complainant woman in the rape case against Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly approached the Kerala High Court seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to him.

Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court granted him anticipatory bail on October 21. The woman had recently filed a rape and an attempt to murder case against the Perumbavoor MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly.

Earlier, the State Government also approached the High Court seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Eldhose Kunnappillil by the lower court in Thiruvananthapuram in the case.

State Government has contended that custodial interrogation is needed in this case.

โ€œThe long-standing relationship between the accused and the victim ran into rough weather when she was raped and physically assaulted several times by the accused. While granting anticipatory bail, the lower court should have considered whether a prima facie case existed against the petitioner on the basis of the materials placed before the Court. Instead, the lower court based its conclusions only on the complaint given by the de facto complainant before the Commissioner of Police, Thiruvananthapuram pursuant to a man missing complaint,โ€ the state contended.

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Meanwhile, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran has suspended rape accused Perumbavoor MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly from KPCC and DCC membership for six months.

โ€œThe KPCC leadership has assessed the explanation given by the MLA was not satisfactory. Considering the concessions given by the court in its verdict allowing anticipatory bail and the need to perform his duties as a legislative member in his constituency, KPCC has suspended him from KPCCโ€™s and DCCโ€™s day-to-day affairs for a period of six months. Party will observe him in this period and further action will be decided accordingly,โ€ the suspension order cited.

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Babri Masjid Demolition Case: Lucknow HC Dismisses Plea Against Acquittal Of LK Advani, Others

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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed the petition challenging the acquittal of 32 accused including former deputy prime minister LK Advani in the Babri mosque demolition case.

Lucknow:  The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed the petition challenging the acquittal of 32 accused including former deputy prime minister LK Advani in the Babri mosque demolition case.

The High Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal saying it was not maintainable. The Lucknow bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav passed the order on an appeal by Haji Mahmood Ahmed and Syed Akhlaq Ahmed, two residents of Ayodhya.

Apart from Advani, other accused in the case included then Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar, Sadhvi Ritambhara and Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who were challenged to be acquitted.

The court had reserve its order on October 31 and pronounced it on Wednesday. Pronouncing the verdict, a bench said that their plea was not maintainable. The bench said, โ€œtwo appellants could not be treated as victims, therefore they had no locus standing the case. The instant appeal is not maintainable.โ€

The court said these two appellants had challenged the judgement of the special CBI court, Lucknow, which on September 30, 2020, had acquitted LK Advani, Kalyan Singh and the remaining accused in the case.
The CBI court had held that there was nothing on record to establish the existence of a conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid.

On December 6, 1992, the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished by โ€˜karsewaksโ€™. Following the demolition of the structure, more than 40 cases were registered in Ayodhya. The cases were later clubbed together.

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On September 30, 2020, the special CBI court had pronounced the verdict in the criminal trial and acquitted all the accused in the case.

Criticizing the trial courtโ€™s decision to acquit the accused, the appellants had contended that the trial court had committed a โ€œmistakeโ€ by not convicting the accused even though sufficient evidence was on record.

Back in 2019, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to give five acres of suitable land to Sunni Waqf Board and at the same time make necessary arrangements for the construction of the temple by forming a trust.

A five-judge constitution bench presided by Chief Justice Gogoi and comprising Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer passed the order on a bunch of petitions against an order of the Allahabad High Court which trifurcated the site between the parties โ€” Ramlalla Virajman, Sunni Central Waqf Board and Nirmohi Akhara.

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