Actor Sexual Assault Case: Kerala Court Rejects Dileep's Discharge Petition

Reportedly, while dismissing his petition, the Court noted that there was prima facie evidence in the prosecution case.

Dileep is accused as the conspirator of the crime, which was allegedly committed in a moving vehicle in the suburbs of Kochi in February 2017. The Kerala police had initially filed charge sheet against Pulsur Suni and few others in the crime. Later, the police stated that Dileep was the mastermind behind the crime and filed supplementary charge-sheet arraying him as a conspirator. Dileep was arrested in July 2017 and had to spent over 80 days in custody, before he was released on bail by the High Court.

Later, the High Court had allowed the prayer of Malayalam actress, for trial of her case in a court presided by a woman judge.

Recently, the apex court overturned the Kerala HC's finding that 'memory card' was a 'material object' and that the accused was not entitled to its copy under Section 207 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. However, having regard to the privacy of the victim, it had rejected the Actor's Plea For Copy Of Memory Card In Kerala Actor Sexual Assault Case. Instead, he was allowed to file application before the Magistrate for inspecting the visuals more than once along with his lawyer and IT expert for defence. The Court had also directed that the trial be completed expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months.