New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Expelled Congress leader Rahul Mamkootathil on Wednesday received bail from a Kerala court in the third sexual assault case against him.

The expelled MLA, who was arrested earlier this month in relation to the case, was granted bail by the Pathanamthitta District Sessions Court, news agency PTI reported.

Bail was granted after Mamkootathil appealed against a judicial magistrate's court that had denied him relief earlier, stating that the allegations against him were serious that the expelled Congress leader had "similar antecedents".

The third sexual assault case was registered against the Palakkad MLA under Sections 376 (rape) and 506(1) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), following a complain...