Overview
- Justice A. Badharudeen extended the stay on arrest and clarified that no coercive steps are to be taken during the interim period.
- The court scheduled a detailed hearing on January 21 to decide the anticipatory bail application.
- The complainant was added as a respondent and granted two weeks to file a counter‑affidavit.
- Mamkootathil is challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Sessions Court’s denial of anticipatory bail and, in his plea, asserts innocence, a consensual relationship, and no need for custodial interrogation.
- He remains an expelled Congress MLA and also faces another similar case in which he previously obtained pre‑arrest bail.