KOCHI: Actor Dileep has approached the high court seeking a stay on further investigation in the case of attacking the actress. The plea filed in the court demanded quashing of the report submitted in the trial court by the investigating team. The petition alleged that further investigation was announced without following the procedures. The complaint was received on 28th night and investigation started on 29th morning. Dileep claimed in the plea that this cannot be justified and the trial should be completed soon.

Dileep approached the high court with a fresh plea at a time when the court is consider his plea and that of others in the case of conspiracy to kill the investigating officers, today. The crime branch is firm in their stand that they need Dileep in custody. The prosecution will inform the court that the accused have not produced all the phones. A decision will also be taken today on examining the six phones produced. The crime branch had yesterday demanded the magistrate court to send Dileep's phones directly to the Cyber Forensic Lab in Thiruvananthapuram.