INDIA
NDTV
July 13, 2020
A Special Prosecutor today deposed before the court that the Jalandhar Civil Lines, where he lives, is not listed as a containment zone.
Kottayam: Rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s bail has been canceled by Kottayam
Additional District Court and a no-bail arrest warrant has been issued against him. The Bishop was not present for the hearing today; his counsel stated that be had to go into quarantine as one of his lawyers had tested coronavirus positive.
However, on July 1 also, the Bishop had skipped the hearing, with his counsel telling the court that he was stuck in a containment zone.
However, the Public Prosecutor today argued that the Bishop’s house and the area around it in Punjab was not listed as containment zone and that his no-show is a deliberate attempt to prolong the case.
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