{"id":59094,"date":"2020-03-18T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T08:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59094"},"modified":"2020-03-18T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T08:53:49","slug":"bishop-mulakkals-discharge-plea-dismissed-by-trial-court-in-alleged-rape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bishop-mulakkals-discharge-plea-dismissed-by-trial-court-in-alleged-rape-case","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Mulakkal&#8217;s discharge plea dismissed by trial court in alleged rape case."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Bishop-Mulakkals-discharge-plea.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bishop-mulakkals-discharge-plea-dismissed-by-trial-court-in-alleged-rape-case\/bishop-mulakkals-discharge-plea\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Bishop-Mulakkals-discharge-plea.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bishop Mulakkal&amp;#8217;s discharge plea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Bishop-Mulakkals-discharge-plea.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Bishop-Mulakkals-discharge-plea.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Bishop-Mulakkals-discharge-plea.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Bishop-Mulakkals-discharge-plea.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0A trial court here on\u00a0Monday dismissed a discharge petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, in connection with the case of alleged rape of a nun in which he is the prime accused.<\/p>\n<p>In his plea filed before the Additional District and Sessions Court I, Mulakkal had claimed that prima facie there was no case to frame charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>Dismissing the plea, the trial court said the bishop should stand for trial in the rape case.<\/p>\n<p>The bishop&#8217;s lawyer said an appeal would be filed in the High Court against the trial court order.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution had filed its objection to the plea filed by the bishop, accused of raping and sexually assaulting a nun of the same diocese.<\/p>\n<p>The bishop had filed the plea just ahead of commencement of the preliminary hearing on charges against him in January this year.<\/p>\n<p>The case is based on a complaint filed against the bishop by the nun.<\/p>\n<p>In her complaint to the police in June, 2018, the nun had alleged that she was subjected to sexual abuse by the bishop during the period between 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The bishop, who was arrested by the Special Investigation Team which probed the case, has been charged with wrongful confinement, rape, unnatural sex and criminal intimidation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A trial court here on\u00a0Monday dismissed a discharge petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, in connection with the case of alleged rape of a nun in which he is the prime accused. 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