Court reserves order on plea for cancelling bail of two accused in Kodanad case

A court here Saturday reserved orders on the Tamil Nadu government's plea for cancelling the bail of two key accused in the 2017 Kodanad estate break-in case even as one of them filed a petition seeking to make a confessional statement.

After hearing arguments by counsels for the government and accused K V Sayan and K C Manoj, Nigiris District Judge P Vadamalai reserved the orders for February 8.

Earlier, complying with the judge's January 29 order, nine of the ten accused in the case appeared before the court.

Judge Vadamalai ordered that all the accused should be present in the court on the next date of hearing.

Sayan then filed a petition seeking the permission of the court to record his confessional statement about the crime. The judge posted it to February 8.

The government had moved the court for cancellation of bail to Sayan and Manoj, contending that they were hampering the investigation by their public statements.

It cited a video footage recently released by New ...