Kerala nuns arrest: Durg courtroom disposes of bail utility citing lack of jurisdiction

A periods courtroom in Durg, Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) disposed of the bail utility of the arrested Christian nuns from Kerala, observing that it doesn’t have the jurisdiction to listen to instances beneath Part 143 of BNS (human trafficking), in response to the lawyer for the 2 nuns. The courtroom added that they could have to maneuver to an NIA courtroom for additional authorized motion.

The arrest of two Keralite nuns on prices of human trafficking and kidnapping for pressured non secular conversion on the Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh on July 25, 2025, has drawn sharp criticism from Church leaders and likewise the ruling entrance and the Opposition in Kerala. 

Authorities on the Durg Central Jail in Chhattisgarh have assured to shift the incarcerated and reportedly ailing Keralite nuns Vandana Francis and Preeta Mary of the order of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI) to the district hospital, in response to members of the Left Democratic Entrance (LDF) delegation that visited the duo on the jail on Wednesday (July 30, 2025).