Kerala HC Grants MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Momentary Safety from Arrest in Rape Case Till December 15

The Kerala Excessive Court docket on Saturday (December 6, 2025) granted interim safety from arrest to expelled Congress chief Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, who had been charged with rape and compelled abortion in a case.

A Bench of Justice Okay. Babu restrained the police from arresting Mr. Mamkootathil throughout the pendency of an anticipatory bail plea he had moved earlier than the court docket on Friday. The matter has been posted for listening to on December 15.

Within the bail plea, Mr. Mamkootathil raised critical contentions and claimed there was admittedly a consensual relationship. None shall be condemned till heard, the court docket mentioned.

Mr. Mamkootathil had in his bail petition contended that the allegations in opposition to him within the first info report (FIR) didn’t fall beneath the definition of rape. He added that he was prepared to elucidate each circumstance of the allegations earlier than the police, if given a possibility, with out worry of arrest.

He additional mentioned the criticism was “extremely belated” and was straight submitted to the Chief Minister, as an alternative of being filed via the “correct channel”. No custodial interrogation was wanted and he’s ready to cooperate with the probe, he had submitted.

Mr. Mamkootathil has been charged with sexually exploiting a girl within the case registered in opposition to him by the Nemom police in Thiruvananthapuram. He approached the Excessive Court docket with the anticipatory bail plea after the Principal Periods Decide, Thiruvananthapuram, dismissed his bail petition on Thursday.

In his plea earlier than the Excessive Court docket, Mr. Mamkootathil, 36, mentioned he’s “main a bachelor life” and that he used to contact mediapersons since he was a politician. He thus acquired acquainted with the lady who mentioned she was separated from her husband, and their relationship grew to become stronger with the passage of time. A “confidence subject” developed between them when some voice clips that got here up on social media had been mentioned to be dangerous to her privateness. She suspected that he had leaked them, it was contended.

As Mr. Mamkootathil is a politician, opponents need to “encash” the state of affairs in view of the forthcoming native physique polls. Apprehensive over the media propaganda, the lady didn’t have every other choice however to disown the connection with him “to avoid wasting her pores and skin.” The allegation of miscarriage and compelled abortion is fake, he mentioned in his bail plea.