Supreme Court stays HC order granting bail to Jollyamma Joseph
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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an order of the Kerala High Court granting bail to Jollyamma Joseph, the prime accused within the Koodathayi serial murders.
“There shall be stay of release from custody of the respondent,” a Bench of Justices Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran held.
The High Court had granted her bail on October 15 final 12 months. The State of Kerala had appealed the bail order within the apex court docket.
The High Court had dismissed the prosecution model that Jollyamma had confessed to her crimes. She is accused of poisoning six individuals, together with her former husband Roy Thomas. “If an accused in police custody gave a confession to the police that he committed the offence, the same is not admissible in the eye of law,” the High Court had reasoned.
The High Court had additionally rejected the plea that bail for Jollyamma would spell hazard to her life. It had declined the argument that she would affect the witnesses, who have been principally members of the family. The High Court had mentioned that she would proceed in jail regardless of bail due to her involvement within the different linked instances.
The High Court had criticised the police and the media for sensationalising the case. It had referred to how her alleged confession statements have been “leaked” to the media.
“While the investigation was going on, the media used to divulge the details of the investigation every day. If we go through the morning newspaper or watch the news in news channels, we will get the confessions alleged to be given by the accused while in police custody,” the High Court had noticed within the October order.
