Meghna

The victim’s family describes the behaviour they witnessed from Additional District and Sessions Judge Reno Francis Xavier, the father of the teenager who rammed the Mercedes and killed Mr. Jayabalakrishnan at Cheranalloor. Their allegations : ~ The judge is a serial liar. ~ Mr. Reno had reels of his underage son driving the vehicle on his own Instagram page. ~ Upon the victim’s family discovering the Instagram page, the so-called judge deactivated the account. ~ Upon meeting them at the police station, the so-called judge yelled at them, saying, “You don’t have the right to question me” and “You shouldn’t teach me law,” and abused his position as a judge. ~ Both the son and the father destroyed and tampered with the evidence with the help of the police. ~ Being an MACT judge, he was well aware of how to destroy/tamper the evidence in order to make the case appear weak. ~ Even granting him anticipatory bail today by the Kerala High Court enables him to tamper with the evidence further and influence the investigation. ~ Call records reveal that the judge dialled the now-sacked City Police Commissioner immediately after the crash to cover up the incident. ~ They have now lost faith in the system. This is the kind of “cooperation” that the Hon’ble Kerala High Court endorsed today, by calling the judge an epitome of fairness just because he is a “judicial officer”, and granting him anticipatory bail. I request @ShivAroor and others to host the daughter, Ms. Bhadra Keerthi, give this institutionalised apathy national spotlight, and help the bereaved family get justice.