Case of sexually abusing actress; decisive for Vijay Babu today, HC to consider his anticipatory bail plea

KOCHI: The high court will consider today the anticipatory bail plea of actor and producer Vijay Babu. The actor had produced in the court the WhatsApp chats and pictures between him and the complainant. The court will also examine this.

The court had earlier said, ‘let him reach the state first, then will consider his anticipatory bail plea’. Soon the actor informed the court to reach on May 30. He also produced the chats and pictures.

The actor claimed that he had consensual sex with the actress and that the reason for the harassment complaint was that he had given another actress a chance in his new film. He also alleged that the complainant had accepted money from him several times.

The actress lodged a complaint with the police on April 22 alleging that Vijay Babu had raped her multiples times after promising roles in his films. The actor left the country after this. A case was also registered against Vijay Babu for revealing the name of the complainant.