Court grants bail to accused in Adoor police station case

Sreenadevi Kunjamma. | Photo Credit: FILE

The Pathanamthitta District Court has granted anticipatory bail to eight persons, including district panchayat member Sreenadevi Kunjamma, who have been arraigned as accused in a case over the chaos that broke out at Adoor police station.

Considering their petitions, the court dismissed an objection filed by the police and granted them anticipatoiry bail. During the hearing, the defence argued that a complainant was entitled to visit a police station at any time and that there was nothing wrong in Ms. Kunjamma meeting Rajan Joseph in the lock-up. The counsel also pointed out that Ms. Kunjamma had been implicated in the case only three months after the incident.

The case pertains to a chaos that broke out at the Adoor police station on July 21 following the arrest of YouTuber Rajan Joseph in a defamation case. Though the police had booked a case in this connection, Ms. Kunjamma and other Youth Congress leaders were named as accused only after a CCTV footage of the episode emerged in public domain.

Mr. Joseph had been taken into custody based on a complaint alleging he circulated defamatory videos targeting Ms. Kunjamma on social media. CCTV visuals of the episode captured tense scenes as several Youth Congress workers, led by Fenni Ninan, intercepted the police vehicle, attempted to target Mr. Joseph, and forced their way into the station premises. At one point, Ms. Kunjamma, currently an elected member of the Pathanamthitta district panchayat, was seen directly confronting Mr. Joseph inside the lock-up.

Published - November 12, 2026 06:28 pm IST