The Kerala High Court on July 29 called for a report from the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Nedumangadu, in Thiruvananthapuram on the status of the evidence tampering case pending against Transport Minister Antony Raju. Justice Ziyad Rahman A. A. passed the Order on a petition seeking to expedite the trial in the case.
The court in its Order said that the question of the maintainability of the petition could be considered after the detailed hearing. However, in the meantime, the court directed the High Court Registry to get a report from the magistrate court on the status of the case.
When the petition came up for hearing, the prosecution submitted that the petition was not maintainable as it had been filed by a third party. The petitioner, Geroge from Thrissur had no locus standi to move the court. If had any complaints he should have approached the magistrate court or the district court.
