State General Education Minister V. Sivankutty and others will find their discharge petition in the Assembly ruckus case strongly opposed by the prosecution when the court considers the case on Monday.
The politically sensitive case will come up before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thiruvananthapuram, as the Supreme Court had earlier rejected the State government’s plea to withdraw the prosecution in the case.
Enough grounds
The prosecution will strongly oppose the withdrawal petition as there are enough grounds and materials on record for objecting the petition. For a petition to be withdrawn, there should be valid grounds, which are absent in the present case, prosecution sources pointed out.
Left Democratic Front (LDF) leaders, including Mr. Sivankutty, K.T. Jaleel, MLA, and four others have been charged with offences under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act besides various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The pecuniary loss the State sustained in the…