Synopsis: The interim order was issued by a bench led by Justice K Babu, considering the legislator’s anticipatory bail plea moved after the Thiruvananthapuram Principal Sessions Court rejected his earlier request for pre-arrest protection.

In a brief reprieve for Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who has been absconding for ten days following allegations of rape and forced abortion, the Kerala High Court on Saturday, 6 December, temporarily stayed his arrest in one of the cases registered against him.

The interim order was issued by a bench led by Justice K Babu, considering the legislator’s anticipatory bail plea moved after the Thiruvananthapuram Principal Sessions Court rejected his earlier request for pre-arrest protection.

Rahul’s petition, listed as Item 32, was taken up at the ve

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