Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to Catholic priest

Kerala High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to a Catholic priest, accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Kozhikode in 2017. Granting relief to accused priest Maj Plakootam, Court directed him to be present before Investigating Officer within 10 days. 

case is being probed by police at Chevayur on basis of complaint filed by woman in December last year. In her complaint, woman, a homemaker, alleged that Maj, who was priest in a church at Chevayur, sexually assaulted her in 2017. She h initially complained to church authorities, seeking justice. She later lodged a complaint with police after church authorities allegedly igred her complaint.