Dileep and his associates were already being tried by at the Additional Sessions (CBI special No III) Court in Ernakulam for allegedly planning and executing a revenge crime against a prominent actress by having her abducted, sexually assaulted and photographed in a moving vehicle.
The trial which has seen its share of controversies was nearing completion when a film director, Balachandra Kumar, gave an interview to media and released some audio clips indicating close association between Dileep, who is the 8th accused in the case, and Pulsar Suni, the 1st accused. The clips and Kumar’s statements revealed a conspiracy to kill the police officers who were involved in the investigation of the actress assault case.
This led to registration of an FIR against Dileep and five others for offences punishable under Sections 116 (offering bribe to public servant), 118 (concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with Section 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
On February 7, the Kerala High Court granted the accused, including Dileep, anticipatory bail in the matter.
Subsequently, he had approached the High Court to quash further investigation into the 2017 actress assault case but the same was declined by the Court.
Dileep later approached the Court to quash all further proceedings in the case of alleged conspiracy to murder police officers. Alternatively, he also prayed that the investigation in the case be transferred from the Crime Branch of the State Police to another investigating agency such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Source: Barandbench
