Overview
- The Nedumangad Judicial First Class Magistrate in Thiruvananthapuram found the Janadhipathya Kerala Congress legislator guilty on Saturday.
- The case traces back to a 1990 seizure of 61.5 grams of hashish from an Australian passenger at Thiruvananthapuram airport.
- Prosecutors said Raju, then a junior lawyer for the accused, conspired with a court official to alter underwear kept as material evidence.
- A later Kerala High Court acquittal of the passenger turned on the finding that the innerwear presented in court was too small to fit him.
- The prosecution was restored after the Supreme Court in November 2024 set aside a Kerala High Court order quashing the case and directed the trial be completed within a year.