{"id":247066,"date":"2022-01-14T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=247066"},"modified":"2022-01-22T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:25:21","slug":"nun-rape-case-kerala-court-acquits-former-bishop-franco-mulakkal-of-all-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/courts-news\/nun-rape-case-kerala-court-acquits-former-bishop-franco-mulakkal-of-all-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Nun rape case: Kerala court acquits former Bishop Franco Mulakkal of all charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A Kerala sessions court on Friday acquitted former Bishop of the Jalandhar Diocese Franco Mulakkal, who was accused of raping a 50-year-old nun multiple times, of all charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kottayam Additional Sessions Judge G. Gopakumar delivered a single-line verdict saying the court has not found Mulakkal guilty of the charges. The court had concluded the hearing and reserved its verdict on January 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mulakkal, 57, who was on trial for over 100 days, was the first Catholic bishop in India to go on trial for rape on the complaint of a nun. Mulakkal said the Lord is supreme and that the truth would prevail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kottayam Superintendent of Police S. Harishankar, who also supervised the investigation expressed deep shock at the verdict and said they would appeal the verdict as there was enough corroborative and circumstantial evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n