The actor’s latest plea also sought to declare that further investigation was “illegal”.
Kochi:
Actor Dileep on Thursday filed a fresh petition in the Kerala High Court opposing the further investigation by the police into the sexual assault case of an actress, alleging that it was a “trade to pursue the trial in the matter”. deliberate attempt”.
The actor, in his plea filed through advocate Philip T Varghese, has argued that further investigation was not allowed in the case as the final report was filed in November 2017, charges were framed in January 2020 and only one prosecution The witness was – one of the investigating officers – is yet to be investigated.
The plea alleged that “a series of retaliation” was being carried out by the police under the guise of further investigation.
The petition claimed that an example of such acts was the alleged false case against the actor and other male members of his family, in which they were accused of conspiring to kill the police officers probing the assault on the actress. was accused of.
It seeks quashing of the report filed by the police in the trial court, which allegedly contains the statement of filmmaker Balachandra Kumar and further proceedings accordingly.
Mr Kumar recently made some shocking revelations through the media against Dileep in the actress assault case.
He has also claimed that there is evidence, including digital, to prove that Dileep had influenced the witnesses.
The actor’s latest plea has also sought a declaration that further investigation in the matter was “illegal” and directed the trial court to “escaping” it from the record.
The actress-victim, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was abducted and allegedly molested for two hours in her car by some of the accused, who had forcibly entered the vehicle on the night of February 17, 2017. They later escaped to the busy area. Some of the accused filmed the entire acting to blackmail the actress.
There are 10 accused in the case and the police have arrested seven. Dileep was later arrested and released on bail.
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