Overview
- Taliparamba Additional District and Sessions Court Judge K. N. Prashanth gave V. K. Nishad and T. C. V. Nandakumar 20-year prison terms and fines of ₹2.5 lakh each, with reports noting an effective term of 10 years.
- The pair were convicted under IPC section 307 for attempt to murder and under sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act.
- Co-accused A. Mithun and K. V. Kripesh were acquitted after the court found the charges against them unsustainable.
- Prosecutors said the bomb was hurled at a police team returning from checking an assault report involving Youth Congress leader R. Rupesh, naming multiple officers in the vehicle.
- Nishad is the Left Democratic Front’s candidate in the 2025 Payyanur municipal polls and is identified in reports as a DYFI functionary with earlier SFI links.