THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The court rejected Rahul Mamkootathil's bail plea rejecting all the main arguments of the defence. The court rejected all the arguments of the defence that the protest was peaceful and that the police did not issue a legal notice. The case was heard by Judicial First Class Magistrate Court Three Abhinimol S Rajendran.

The main argument of the opposition was that the police unleashed violence on the activists who were protesting peacefully. However, the question of the court was whether wooden sticks were necessary to protest peacefully. In the court, the police presented the video footage of Rahul grabbing a police officer's collar and shoving a policeman's shield. Assistant Public Prosecutor Kallampally Manu produced the pictures of this as well in the court. Along with this, there were pictures of activists standing with wooden sticks. This was what led to the question of the court.

The court also took into account the prosecution's argument that Rahul had deliberately created provocation by calling back the activists who had dispersed during the protest when the police resorted to natural defence.

The police came to the house and took Rahul into custody without issuing a legal notice to appear. The argument that the notice was signed by bringing Rahul to the station was also disproved. If not a legal notice, then why was it signed, the court asked. The question as to whether the accused was present at the time of the violence could not be answered in the affirmative. Meanwhile, defence lawyer Mridul John Mathew told the court that Rahul, who was injured in the violence, had signs of blood clots on the back of his head and Rahul, who was undergoing treatment in a private hospital, was discharged only two days ago.

The demand to grant conditional bail considering the physical difficulties was also put forward, as the possibility of paralysis was found for Rahul. The medical records were also submitted to the court for this purpose. With this, the court directed Rahul to undergo a medical examination again. All avenues of bail were closed after the doctors reported that there were no serious problems in the medical examination at the general hospital and it was enough to continue taking the medicines prescribed by the private hospital.