INDIA
The News Minute
May 26, 2018
By Megha Varier
A court in Thalassery reportedly refused to entertain the plea by three of the accused to quash charges against them.
More than a year since a Catholic priest allegedly raped and impregnated a minor girl in Kottiyoor in Kannur district, the trial proceedings in the case is set to begin.
The police had, in February last year, arrested and booked ten people including the priest Father Robin Vadakkumchery.
According to a report published by Mathrubhumi News, a court in Thalassery refused to entertain the plea filed by three of the accused seeking to drop the charges against them.
With this, the Additional Sessions Court in Thalassery ordered for the chargesheet to be read out to all the accused.
Although the third, fourth and fifth accused in the case, Sr Dr. Tesi Thomas, Dr Hyderali, and Sister Ancy Mathew, had previously approached the Supreme Court with a plea to quash charges against them, the apex court had refused to do so.
The apex court had also dismissed their plea to put a stay on the trial.
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