Mahila Congress withdraws petition

Kochi, Oct 16 (UNI) The Kerala High Court today dismissed as withdrawn a petition filed by Mahila Congress All India secretary Simi Rosebell John seeking a direction to the state to register a case against former Minister P J Joseph, who allegedly misbehaved with a woman co-passenger in mid-air.

The decision was taken on the basis of the plea of her counsel before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice V K Bali and Justic P R Raman.

When the case last came up before the court, Advocate General C P Sudhakara Prasad submitted that the Tamil Nadu police had already registered a case in a complaint made by the victim, Lakshmi Gopakumar.

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