The Kerala High Court on Saturday granted Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil interim protection from arrest in a rape case registered against him, PTI reported.

Justice K Babu issued the order on an anticipatory bail petition filed by him in the case, Bar and Bench reported. The judge said that the court would hear Mamkootathil’s petition on December 15 next, adding that he should not be arrested till then.

On Thursday, a sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram refused to grant anticipatory bail to the MLA in the case, after which he had moved the High Court.

In light of the development, the Congress in Kerala expelled Mamkootathil on Thursday.

The MLA was booked on November 28 after a woman accused him of rape, obtaining sexual consent through deceitful means and coercin

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