Mavunkal strikes courtroom to drop proceedings in rape case after conviction in POCSO case with identical sufferer

By PTI

KOCHI: Controversial self-styled vintage seller Monson Mavunkal on Monday urged a periods courtroom right here to drop the proceedings towards him in a rape case, as he has already been convicted and sentenced for raping the identical sufferer when she was a minor.

A Special POCSO courtroom in Kerala on Saturday, June 17, sentenced Mavunkal to life imprisonment until the top of his pure life for repeatedly raping a minor woman just a few years in the past.

He is, nonetheless, dealing with prosecution for raping the identical sufferer after she grew to become an grownup.

Mavunkal’s lawyer M G Sreejith mentioned that an software has been moved within the ongoing case to drop the proceedings on the bottom that the sufferer is identical, the offences charged towards him are the identical they usually have already been adjudicated upon by the courtroom, and there aren’t any new offences and there’s no new reason for motion.

“Therefore, he cannot be tried again for the same offences against the same victim. That is what we have said in the application,” advocate Sreejith mentioned.

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The sufferer, Mavunkal’s maid’s daughter, was repeatedly raped by him since 2019 when she was a minor.

There are a complete of 16 instances, which embody 4 rape instances, towards him.

Mavunkal has claimed that the rape instances had been foisted upon him by the police to maintain him in jail, as they had been unable to seek out something incriminating within the dishonest instances towards him that they had been investigating.

A local of Cherthala, Mavunkal, who claims to be in possession of uncommon and historic antiques, was arrested by the crime department wing of the Kerala police, which has been investigating a case towards him pertaining to dishonest Rs 10 crore from a number of folks.

He was arrested on September 25, 2021, in one of many dishonest instances towards him.

He has been in jail since then and is now accused in round 10 instances.

KOCHI: Controversial self-styled vintage seller Monson Mavunkal on Monday urged a periods courtroom right here to drop the proceedings towards him in a rape case, as he has already been convicted and sentenced for raping the identical sufferer when she was a minor.

A Special POCSO courtroom in Kerala on Saturday, June 17, sentenced Mavunkal to life imprisonment until the top of his pure life for repeatedly raping a minor woman just a few years in the past.

He is, nonetheless, dealing with prosecution for raping the identical sufferer after she grew to become an grownup. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-1687167573941-0’); );

Mavunkal’s lawyer M G Sreejith mentioned that an software has been moved within the ongoing case to drop the proceedings on the bottom that the sufferer is identical, the offences charged towards him are the identical they usually have already been adjudicated upon by the courtroom, and there aren’t any new offences and there’s no new reason for motion.

“Therefore, he cannot be tried again for the same offences against the same victim. That is what we have said in the application,” advocate Sreejith mentioned.

ALSO READ | More hassle brewing for Monson as 15 extra instances to be determined quickly

The sufferer, Mavunkal’s maid’s daughter, was repeatedly raped by him since 2019 when she was a minor.

There are a complete of 16 instances, which embody 4 rape instances, towards him.

Mavunkal has claimed that the rape instances had been foisted upon him by the police to maintain him in jail, as they had been unable to seek out something incriminating within the dishonest instances towards him that they had been investigating.

A local of Cherthala, Mavunkal, who claims to be in possession of uncommon and historic antiques, was arrested by the crime department wing of the Kerala police, which has been investigating a case towards him pertaining to dishonest Rs 10 crore from a number of folks.

He was arrested on September 25, 2021, in one of many dishonest instances towards him.

He has been in jail since then and is now accused in round 10 instances.