Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 11 -- A court in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram district on Wednesday granted conditional anticipatory bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the second rape case filed against him.

The plea for anticipatory bail was allowed by District and Sessions Judge Nazeera S on the condition that the legislator appear before the investigating officers every Monday and cooperate with the probe.

With protection from arrest, the MLA, expelled from the Congress last week, is expected to come out of hiding. Local media reported that Mamkootathil may arrive in Palakkad constituency on Thursday to cast his vote in the local body elections.

In the second rape case filed against him, the MLA is accused of raping a 23-year-old wo...