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Kottayam Superintendent of Police D Shilpa said they have approached the Special Public Prosecutor to assess the scope for appeal in the case.
Sister Anupama, who supported the cause of the nun who gave the complaint against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, has asserted that the statements of witnesses in the case were all supportive of the victim's case, but still the case was lost.
Bishop Franco Mulakkal was acquitted for lack of 'corroborative evidence'.
Former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese Franco Mulakkal was acquitted from all charges in the nun rape case by the Additional Sessions Court on Friday.
The nuns have been at the forefront of the protests seeking justice to their colleague after she came out with the complaint against the top clergyman which rocked the state.
Even though several priests have faced charges of sexual harassment, Mulakkal was the first Bishop to be accused of the crime.
The case against the then Bishop was registered by the Kottayam police in 2018. Trial in the case had started in November 2019.
The Additional Sessions Court will pronounce verdict in the nun rape case involving the former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese Franco Mulakkal on January 14, Friday.
The Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic religious congregation which was established in 1950 by Mother Teresa.
Expressing shock, Banerjee said that this move has left Missionaries of Charity's 22,000 patients and employees without food and medicines.