Koodathayi murder case: Supreme Court rejects Jolly Joseph's plea seeking acquittal

Jolly Joseph was arrested for allegedly poisoning six members of her family to death over 14 years in Koodathayi village in Kozhikode district of Kerala. She was arrested with two of her partners, MS Mathew and P Prajikumar in 2019. 

Kozhikode: The Supreme Court rejected the plea of Jolly Joseph, the main accused in the Koodathayi murder case, seeking acquittal on Friday( March 22). Jolly pointed out that she has been in jail for more than 2 years and thus applied for bail. However, the court rejected the bail. Jolly is the main accused of allegedly killing six of her husband's family by using cyanide in food. Jolly was arrested for allegedly poisoning six members of her family to death over 14 years in Koodathayi village in Kozhikode district of Kerala. She was arrested with two of her partners, MS Mathew and P Prajikumar in 2019. 

Meanwhile, the Kozhikode Additional Session Court rejected the petition seeking to stop the screening of the docu-series 'Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case 'on Netflix based on the Koodathai serial killing case. The second defendant, MS Mathew, filed a petition seeking to stop the screening. The plea pointed out that the documentary contains defamatory remarks against her and her family. 

The High Court earlier rejected the bail plea of Jolly Joseph on January 30. Justice CS Dias rejected the bail plea. Jolly stated that the prosecution has not yet been able to present the scientific evidence from the Hyderabad forensic lab in the case. 

The incident that shook Kerala of six deaths in the family took place between 2002 and 2016. The first death, which is suspected to be murder, was of Jolly’s mother-in-law, Annamma Thomas.  Annamma collapsed and died after eating the mutton soup. Later, Annamma's husband, Tom Thomas, and son Roy Thomas, died in similar circumstances. The incident came to light in 2019.