2003 Muthanga land struggle: two decades later, all accused who faced trial in constable murder case acquitted; Geethanandan, three others convicted in related offences

​Writing the long-awaited verdict, Judge E. Ayyoobkhan acceptable each of them free, arsenic the prosecution had failed to beryllium beyond tenable uncertainty that determination had been a anterior conspiracy to execution the constabulary officer. Though the tribunal recovered Ashokan, the 2nd accused, blameworthy of delivering the fatal stroke to Vinod’s head, the execution complaint against him had to beryllium abated arsenic helium died during the trial