Actor Mohanlal will have to face trial in the wildlife crime case booked against him for the illegal possession of two pairs of ivory as a trial court on Thursday dismissed the State government’s plea to withdraw the prosecution proceedings against him.
The reasons for the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court 3, Perumbavoor, rejected the plea will be known only when the order is uploaded by the court.
James Mathew and A. A. Poulose, two public-spirited persons, challenged the withdrawal plea. Though the trial court had earlier dismissed their plea to intervene in the case as third party Intervenors, the Kerala High Court had ruled in their favour and permitted them to put forward their arguments.
