Kottayam additional sessions court today discarded Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s petition for acquiting him of all charges concerned with raping of a nun in Jalandhar diocese.
The court admonished the petition agreed with the prosecutions’ claim that there is enough evidence against the Bishop for the sustenance of the case. After hearing this from the prosecution the court asked the Bishop Franco to face the court and prove his innocence legally.
Meanwhile, the court adjourned Bishop’s plea to hear the case privately to March 24.
