Actor assault case: Sigh of relief for Dileep, plea seeking to quash actor’s bail rejected

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court rejected state government’s plea seeking to quash the bail granted to actor Dileep in the actor assault case. The verdict was pronounced by a bench led by Justice Sophy Thomas. Dileep, is the eighth accused in the case of kidnapping and abusing the actress and capturing obscene visuals.

The government alleged that after being released on bail, Dileep tried to influence the witnesses and tried to tamper with the evidence. The government had initially approached the trial court seeking cancellation of Dileep's bail, but it was rejected. Later approached the high court.

Dilip, in his affidavit replied that the allegations levelled by the government in the plea, are baseless and the court has rejected this demand many times before. The trial court has already examined 256 prosecution witnesses. The actor also stated that it is not reasonable to think that he will influence the investigating officer and the joint director of the forensic lab.

The high court had recently directed to submit the investigation report in the memory card leak case in the case of assault on the actress, to the survivor. The crucial order was passed by Justice K Babu. The high court directed the principal sessions judge to hand over the copy of the report to the actress.

The survivor approached the high court seeking a copy of the investigation report on the complaint that the memory card in custody was illegally examined in the case. The plea argued that despite the trial court having completed the investigation, the findings of the report were not disclosed and a copy was not sent.