Allegations Of Conspiracy To Kill Police Officers A 'Mockery' : Actor Dileep To Kerala High Court In Pre-Arrest Bail Hearing

Malayalam actor Dileep on Tuesday countered the allegations levelled against him in the new first information report (FIR) registered by the Kerala Police, where he has been booked for conspiring to kill police officers who were investigating the sensational 2017 sexual assault case.

The developments ensued in the anticipatory bail plea filed by the actor. Concurrently, Dileep is facing trial as the alleged mastermind of the abduction and the sexual assault of a female actress in a moving car in 2017.

Justice Gopinath P. listed the matter to be heard on Friday after the counsel for the petitioners submitted that Senior Advocate B. Raman Pillai will be leading the case. Senior Counsel could not appear today since he was unwell, the lawyer submitted. 

The actor's counsel argued before the Court that the entire case was fabricated and added that although there is no likelihood of arrest in his opinion, the plea for pre-arrest bail had to be moved as it involves high profile individuals.

"This is a mockery. The trial is almost complete. The Investigating Officer(IO) is to be examined on the 29th. On December 25th, a person (Balachandra Kumar) comes on TV and says that 4 years and 40 days ago he had come to know that there was a connection between the first accused (Pulsar Suni) and the eighth accused (Dileep)... On 29th, IO says he must not be examined as of now." 

The Court ordered that no action should be taken against the actor until the hearing on Friday. 

A few days ago, director Balachandra Kumar had released audio recordings of people including Dileep trying to sabotage the case and obstruct the trial. In his statement, he added that Dileep and his men tried to endanger the lives of the officials.

Following his statements, the trial court had collected a confidential statement from the director.

Consequently, Dileep and five men were booked under Sections 116 (abetment), 118 (concealing design to commit offence), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) r/w Section 34 (common intention) of IPC. The new case has been filed under non-bailable sections.

Apprehending arrest, Dileep, his brother P. Sivakumar and his brother-in-law T.N.Suraj have approached the Court praying for anticipatory bail.

The application has been filed through Advocates Philip T. Varghese, Thomas T. Varghese, Achu Shubha Abraham, Litha V.T, Monisha K.R and Nitya R.

The applicants have claimed that they are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the said offences. They have asserted that the registration of the said FIR directly by the Crime Branch is 'nothing but a vindictive and retaliatory act' of Crime Branch DySp Baiju Paulose.

This is in light of the fact that Dileep had recently initiated contempt of court proceedings against Paulose for allegedly causing obstruction to the administration of justice. The Additional Special Judge has issued notice in this petition on 4th January.

Dileep further claimed in his application that his 80-year old mother is very sick and suffers from old age ailments including Alzheimer's. He added that his elder daughter is an MBBS student and his younger daughter is aged 3.

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