KOCHI: The high court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of two of the prime accused in the Walayar child rape case.
Justice Gopinath P considered bail pleas filed by ‘Valiya’ Madhu and Shibu. The court pointed out that a final report has already been filed in the case and asked the accused to approach the trial court with their bail plea as it would be the appropriate forum.
CBI’s counsel had submitted before the court that the two minor girls may have been killed and their deaths may have been disguised as suicides. A counsel representing the accused had opposed this and had argued that such a submission goes against the medical records available.
The case relates to the unnatural deaths of two sisters, aged 13 and 9, in January and in March of 2017 at Walayar in Palakkad. They were found hanging in their one-room house and it is alleged by prosecution that they committed suicide following repeated unnatural sex committed by the accused on them.
There were five accused in the case and one of them had committed suicide in November 2020. In October 2019, a Pocso special court had acquitted three of the accused citing lack of evidence. On appeal filed by the state government, the high court had on January 6 last year, set aside the acquittals and had directed for a CBI probe. After taking over the probe, the CBI had arrested the accused on January 20 last year.
(The victims' identity has not been revealed to protect their privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
