The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed revision petitions filed by two accused — a priest and nun — seeking their discharge in the more than two-decade-old Sister Abhaya murder case. Last year, a special CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram had rejected the discharge petitions filed by the two accused. Also Read CBI: material evidence in Abhaya case destroyedThe High Court, however, upheld the CBI Court order discharging second accused in the case Father Jose Poothrikkayil. Challenging the CBI Court decision discharging Poothrikkayil in the case, a plea was filed in the High Court. The accused were arrested in 2008 and released on bail by the Kerala High Court a year later.

Source: The Hindu April 09, 2019 09:56 UTC