Koodathayi serial murders: Jollyamma Joseph not entitled to bail as a woman, says Kerala HC

KOCHI: The Kerala high court has declined to grant bail to Jollyamma Joseph , the accused in Koodathayi serial murders , on the ground that she is a woman. Bail was sought in the case over death of Alfine , the 1.5 year-old daughter of her second husband Shaju Sakhariyas .

Justice PV Kunhikrishnan said the allegations against the 47-year-old accused are very serious and she cannot be granted bail on the consideration that she is a woman or that other accused have been granted bail.

Senior public prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy had argued that she is involved in six murders and the modus operandi was the same. As per prosecution case, Alfine was given food mixed with cyanide by the accused on the day of first communion of Alfine’s elder brother Aibel.