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A Thalassery Sessions Court rejected a petition by Mattannur Shuhaib murder case accused seeking trial transfer from Judge Ruby K Jose, citing alleged bias. The court found no reasonable apprehension of an unfair trial.
The Kerala High Court stayed an order cancelling bail for 17 accused in a 2018 murder case, directing their immediate release, deeming the Sessions Court's action 'ex facie illegal'.
The latest move comes after cases were filed against Akash at Muzhakkunnu and Mattanur police stations.
In the past few days, a social spat had broken out between Akash's supporters and CPM local leaders on Facebook.
The CPM leadership in Kerala wants former Kannur party district secretary P Jayarajan himself to take the lead and denounce the renegade as he held this post when Youth Congress activist Shuhaib was done away by political foes.
He said this as a comment to a post by Edayannur DYFI block secretary.
The opposition UDF used the last day of the Budget session of the Assembly on Tuesday as a springboard to take its Lok Sabha election campaign to a higher pitch.
Shuhaib's father C P Muhammed had filed a petition in the high court seeking a CBI probe into the murder.
Over half a crore rupees has been spent by the Kerala government to forestall a probe by CBI into the politically sensitive Shuhaib murder case, suggesting that vested interests set to gain by persisting with the probe so far.
Reply to an RTI query revealed that the government paid Rs 1.20 crore to senior Supreme Court advocate Ranjith Kumar to oppose Congress leader Oommen Chandy's plea to cancel the Solar Commission inquiry report.
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