Overview
- Principal District and Sessions Judge N. Harikumar in Pathanamthitta granted bail on January 28 after a magistrate had earlier denied relief citing serious allegations and alleged antecedents.
- Mamkootathil was released from Mavelikkara Sub-Jail the same day as Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists protested outside the prison before being removed by police.
- The bail order requires him to appear before the investigating officer every Saturday and bars any attempt to influence witnesses, with the court noting that further investigation is needed and highlighting delay in the complaint.
- The third FIR, filed on January 8 by an NRI woman, alleges a coerced hotel encounter in 2024 that led to pregnancy and a subsequent miscarriage, with charges under IPC Sections 376 and 506(1).
- He denies the accusations as consensual, while probes in the other two cases continue, the Kerala High Court has reserved its order on anticipatory bail in the first case and orally said other FIRs do not count as antecedents as the SIT examines digital chat evidence.