The withdrawal of senior High Court lawyer K.P. Satheesan from conducting the Madhu lynching case as Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) in the High Court has given a fillip to the allegations raised by Madhu’s family that the government was trying to help the convicts who had approached the High Court with an appeal.
Madhu’s mother Malli had written to the High Court Chief Justice against the appointment of Mr. Satheesan as the SPP. She claimed that she had no trust in Mr. Satheesan and that the government had made his appointment unilaterally by ignoring her requests to post the lawyers of her choice as prosecutors to handle the case in the High Court.
Mr. Satheesan’s recusal amid mounting opposition from Madhu’s family as well as the action forum that conducts the case has strengthened the hopes of Ms. Malli that the convicts would not walk away from the appeal court with a reduced punishment.
