Suryanelli rape case: Hearing of bail pleas adjourned to Mar 4
February 25, 2013  14:53
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The Kerala High Court today adjourned to March four the hearing of the bail pleas of 17 accused in the Suriyanelli rape case allegedly involving Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien.

A division bench said the appeal and records about the case had not been received from the Supreme court and it cannot proceed without perusing them, even though the accused wanted their pleas to be taken up today.

According to the accused, the apex court had not gone into the merits of the case and judgement was on technical grounds.

The accused, who had been convicted and sentenced by the sessions court, are among the 35 acquitted by a division bench of the High Court in 2005. However, the Supreme Court had however recently set aside the acquittals and asked them to surrender before the special court hearing the case.
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