The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed actor Dileep and others to make prospective bail requests in the latest case against them, accusing them of conspiring to eliminate officials investigating a 2017 sexual assault of the actress.
Justice Gopinath P granted relief to the actor, saying police concerns about non-cooperation and influence on witnesses could be dealt with by imposing conditions which, if breached, would allow for prospective bail to be made for the defendant’s request to arrest the accused despite being granted.
Police opposing the guilty plea claimed in court that Dileep and others did not cooperate with the investigation against them in the latest FIR, while the actor dismissed the allegations, arguing the case was “fabricated” and a “rigged one”.
Attorney-General T A Shaji and another prosecutor P Narayanan, representing the police, told the court during the argument that the nature and seriousness of the charges against them and their conduct so far made them ineligible for any relief.
On the other hand, the actor and other defendants, including his brother and brother-in-law, claim they answered all the questions police put to them during the 33-hour interrogation, which lasted 11 hours each for three days. They simply refused to confess, which was interpreted as non-cooperation.
On January 9, the crime unit registered the latest case of an investigator’s complaint based on an audio clip purportedly by Dileep, broadcast by a TV channel, in which the actor was allegedly heard during a plot to attack the officer. arrive.
The actor and five others were charged under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including Section 116 (Abetting), Section 118 (Concealing Design Crime), Section 120B (Criminal Conspiracy), Section 506 (Criminal Conspiracy) intimidation) and Article 34 (committing criminal acts) several persons).
The actress and victim, who worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was kidnapped by some people who forcibly entered the car on the night of February 17, 2017 and allegedly took her The car was harassed for two hours and later in a busy area. The whole act was filmed by those guys to blackmail the actress.
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