Kerala High Court Rejects Bail Plea of Two Convicts in 1995 Sakeer Murder

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a petition by two convicts, Rafi and Riaz alias Johny, seeking suspension of their life sentences and bail in the 1995 murder of DYFI activist A M Sakeer.

The division bench upheld the trial court’s conviction, finding no apparent error in the judgment and noting that the appellants could no longer claim the presumption of innocence. 

The murder occurred on the day Sakeer was elected student union chairman at Government Law College, and his father was also seriously assaulted.

Rafi and Riaz, who initially absconded, were later arrested, convicted in 2025 and sentenced to life imprisonment with fines.