HC grants bail to Geethanandan, 3 others in Muthanga struggle case

The Kerala High Court has put on hold the five-year jail terms of four convicts, including activist M Geethanandan, in the 2003 Muthanga land struggle case. The order follows questions raised by the court over the Sessions Court’s reasoning in convicting them for the violence, particularly its reliance on a prima facie criminal conspiracy theory.