In the trial court verdict, the judge had concluded that sister Abhaya was killed after she witnessed a priest (also convicted in the case), Father Thomas Kottoor and sister Sephy in a compromising position.
Having witnessed this, she was hit on the head with a ‘hand axe’ and thrown into a well to cover up the cause of her death, the trial court had found.
The trial court was also told that sister Sephy had undergone a gynecological procedure to cover up the fact that she had engaged in sexual intercourse. The Court noted that the procedure was done “on the eve” of her arrest by the CBI.
In 2008, after her arrest in the case, Sephy accused the CBI of having conducted a virginity test on her without her consent.
Source: Barandbench
