KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Thursday granted interim bail to Catholic priest Fr Thomas Kottoor and nun Sr Sephy sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1992 Sr Abhaya murder case. It also suspended the execution of their sentences awarded by a special CBI court in December 2020 till the disposal of appeals filed.
A bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and C Jayachandran granted them bail subject to a bond of Rs 5 lakh each based on their application. "We do not dwell on the circumstance of lack of explanation or the bizarre ones of suicide given by the accused since that can form a link in the chain of circumstance and cannot solely lead to a conviction," the court said.
