New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- : Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to grant interim bail to a former Catholic priest Robin Mathew convicted of raping and impregnating a minor girl. The convict was asked to move to Kerala High Court after he had approached the SC for bail on the plea of marrying the victim.
A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Vineet Saran refused to grant bail to the convict Robin Mathew Vadakkumchery who was involved in the rape case of a minor girl and impregnated the victim.
"We are not inclined. You go and approach the High Court please," Justice Saran said.
The Additional District and Sessions Court of Thalassery in Kerala awarded 20-year rigorous imprisonment to the priest Vadakkumchery in the rape...