Assembly bedlam case: Minister V Sivankutty and 4 others seem earlier than court docket, deny fees

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five accused within the Kerala Assembly ruckus case together with General Education Minister V Sivankutty, appeared earlier than the Chief Judicial First Class Magistrate court docket on Wednesday and denied the fees towards them within the case. They denied the fees after listening to the chargesheet. The case has been posted for additional heaving on September 26.

However, LDF convener EP Jayarajan, who can also be the accused within the case, didn’t flip up earlier than the court docket on Wednesday. His advocate knowledgeable the court docket that he couldn’t seem as a result of sickness. The court docket directed Jayarajan to look when the case is heard once more on September 26. Avoiding the summons to look in court docket might lead to an arrest warrant, the court docket warned.

Meanwhile, the court docket directed the prosecution at hand over the footage of the incident submitted by the investigation group to the defence counsel inside ten days. When the case is taken into account once more on September 26, different issues together with the trial date, will likely be determined.

The case pertains to a battle contained in the Assembly on March 13, 2015, when the opposition tried to hinder the then finance Minister KM Mani from presenting the annual state price range, as he was an accused within the bar bribery case. Following this, a case was registered towards 5 LDF MLAs. The accused are V Sivankutty, EP Jayarajan, KT Jaleel MLA,  Okay Ajith, CK Sadasivan and Okay Kunjumuhammed. The accused have additionally been charged with destruction of public property, trespassing and inflicting harm, which carries a jail time period of as much as 5 years.

The cost sheet of the crime department says that public property price Rs 2.20 lakh was destroyed in the course of the battle. Earlier, the High Court had rejected V Sivankutty’s plea to remain the trial proceedings. The state authorities had approached the Supreme Court to withdraw the case however confronted a setback. Recently, the High Court rejected the demand of the defendants to remain the trial proceedings.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five accused within the Kerala Assembly ruckus case together with General Education Minister V Sivankutty, appeared earlier than the Chief Judicial First Class Magistrate court docket on Wednesday and denied the fees towards them within the case. They denied the fees after listening to the chargesheet. The case has been posted for additional heaving on September 26.

However, LDF convener EP Jayarajan, who can also be the accused within the case, didn’t flip up earlier than the court docket on Wednesday. His advocate knowledgeable the court docket that he couldn’t seem as a result of sickness. The court docket directed Jayarajan to look when the case is heard once more on September 26. Avoiding the summons to look in court docket might lead to an arrest warrant, the court docket warned.

Meanwhile, the court docket directed the prosecution at hand over the footage of the incident submitted by the investigation group to the defence counsel inside ten days. When the case is taken into account once more on September 26, different issues together with the trial date, will likely be determined.

The case pertains to a battle contained in the Assembly on March 13, 2015, when the opposition tried to hinder the then finance Minister KM Mani from presenting the annual state price range, as he was an accused within the bar bribery case. Following this, a case was registered towards 5 LDF MLAs. The accused are V Sivankutty, EP Jayarajan, KT Jaleel MLA,  Okay Ajith, CK Sadasivan and Okay Kunjumuhammed. The accused have additionally been charged with destruction of public property, trespassing and inflicting harm, which carries a jail time period of as much as 5 years.

The cost sheet of the crime department says that public property price Rs 2.20 lakh was destroyed in the course of the battle. Earlier, the High Court had rejected V Sivankutty’s plea to remain the trial proceedings. The state authorities had approached the Supreme Court to withdraw the case however confronted a setback. Recently, the High Court rejected the demand of the defendants to remain the trial proceedings.