Actor Assault Case: Survivor Seeks To Be Heard In Dileep's Plea Before Kerala High Court Against Further Probe

The plot thickens in the 2017 sexual assault case as developments ensued before the Kerala High Court on Tuesday as the survivor in the case filed an impleading petition in the plea moved by actor Dileep seeking to suspend further investigation into the 2017 case. 

Upon the actress seeking to be heard in the matter, Justice Kauser Edappagath adjourned the case to be called on February 21. 

In 2017,  a popular actress abducted and raped in a moving vehicle pursuant to a conspiracy, allegedly schemed by Dileep. Being the 8th accused in the case, he is now undergoing trial before the CBI Special Judge.

In the petition filed before the High Court, he has alleged that furtherance of this 'sham investigation' infringes the right of a fair trial and added that it is an abuse of the process of law.

Dileep had accused the case to be a 'deliberate and calculated attempt' of the prosecution to sabotage the trial before the Special CBI Court. He has further pointed out that the impugned report containing new information was submitted by the Investigating Officer on 29th December 2021, the exact date when the Officer was scheduled to be examined as the last witness for the prosecution at the trial court.

The accused has also contended that this report is unsustainable for the mere reason that it goes against the clear judicial pronouncements of the Supreme Court against investigating further if the charges are framed without obtaining formal permission of the Court.

Case Title: P. Gopalakrishnan alias Dileep v. State of Kerala & Anr