Actor Mohanlal will have to face trial in connection with the wildlife crime case booked against him for the illegal possession of two pairs of ivory. The development comes after a trial court on Thursday dismissed the State government’s plea to withdraw the prosecution proceedings against him.
The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court 3, Perumbavoor rejected the plea and the reason for the same will be known only after the order is uploaded by the court.
In the plea, the government contended that proceeding with the case would be a futile exercise and a waste of the “precious time of the court”.
After the income tax department recovered illegal ivory during a raid at the actor’s residence a case was registered by the forest department in 2012.
