The Principal District and Sessions Court in Thiruvananthapuram denied anticipatory bail for absconding MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil in the rape and coerced abortion case registered on November 28. In the aftermath of the verdict, the Congress dismissed the MLA from primary membership.

On December 3, the court held proceedings in camera after Mamkoottathil filed an application requesting it. The matter was then posted for December 4 for further hearing and for producing certain materials relied on by the prosecution.

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Mamkoottathil's counsel argued that the case was politically motivated and that the relationship with the complainant had been consensual. The prosecu

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