Kannur, April 23 -- The Additional District Court-IV in Thalassery is set to pronounce its order on April 25 on the anticipatory bail applications filed by two doctors accused in connection with the death of first-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) student Nithin Raj.

The bail pleas were filed by the first accused, MK Ram and the second accused, KT Sangeeta Nambiar. Both have been booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Appearing for the prosecution, Public Prosecutor K Ajith Kumar argued that the accused are not entitled to anticipatory bail in a case registered under the PoA Act.

The prosecution also challenged Dr Ram's claim that he belonged to the Bajendri community in Karnataka and...