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Dr C Radhakrishnan who had conducted the post-mortem examination on Sister Abhaya's body said that it was possible the nun could have been thrown into the well of St Pius Convent, Kottayam, after she was hit on the head.
Sister Abhaya, a resident of Pius X convent in Kottayam in Kerala, was found dead in the well of the convent on March 27, 1992.
Nandakumaran Nair, who took over the investigation as a young CBI deputy superintendent of police, said the earlier police investigation was riddled with mistakes.
The petition said it would be difficult for his elderly lawyer to appear in court because of the pandemic.
The Judge read out to the former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese, who was present in the court, the charges under various sections of the IPC including the punishment for offence for rape as it commenced trial proceedings in the sensational case.
The bishop, who was arrested by the Special Investigation Team, which probed the case, charged him with wrongful confinement, rape, unnatural sex and criminal intimidation.
The court has cancelled his bail and posted the case to August 13.
The special prosecutor, appearing on behalf of the police, informed the court that Mulakkal was lying and was simply attempting to delay the proceedings in the case.
The court dismissed the plea by the bishop, admitting the prosecution argument that there was prima facie evidence against Mulakkal in the rape case.
Six Keralites succumbed to the coronavirus outside Kerala on Thursday, including three in the Gulf region and three within India.