The High Court of Kerala on today (August 11) dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of the man accused of raping the friend of Olympian Mayookha Johny and taking the victim's naked photographs to blackmail her, saying if required he would have to surrender before the police.

 “Bail dismissed. You will have to surrender,” Justice Shircy V said. The accused had contended that the rape complaint was filed 5 years after the alleged incident occurred and claimed it was a blowback of differences between two factions of the Emperor Emmanuel Church. The prosecution on August 2 had fervently opposed the plea of the accused on the grounds that his custodial interrogation was required and his phone was also to be recovered.

The accused namely C.C Jhonson had also claimed that he and the victim were part of this church and the rape complaint was filed after he left the church. He had held a press conference in June, levelling serious allegations against the Kerala police and a former official of the state women’s commission in connection with the investigation into the case of rape of her friend in 2016. Johny had alleged that her friend was raped by Johnson, who took nude photos of her and used them to blackmail the victim. She had also alleged that her friend was being threatened.

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