SC Upholds Anticipatory Bail for Expelled Cong MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in Sexual Assault Case

• The Supreme Court upheld anticipatory bail for expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a sexual assault and forced abortion case.
• A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh dismissed the survivor’s plea challenging the Kerala High Court’s order.
• The SC expunged certain remarks made by the High Court against the petitioner, deeming them unnecessary.
• The Kerala High Court had granted bail, stating custodial interrogation was not necessary and noting a 'prima facie consensual relationship'.
• Mamkootathil has protection from arrest in two of three sexual assault cases, having been arrested and bailed in the third.