The
Kerala
High
Court
on
Tuesday
declined
to
quash
an
FIR
accusing
actor
Dileep
and
others
of
conspiring
to
threaten
and
kill
the
officials
probing
the
2017
actress
assault
case
or
to
transfer
the
conspiracy
case
to
the
CBI
for
investigation.
Justice
Ziyad
Rahman
A
A
dismissed
Dileep's
plea
in
which
the
actor
had
alleged
that
the
murder
conspiracy
FIR
was
an
outcome
of
personal
animosity
against
the
actor
as
all
the
male
members
of
his
family
have
been
implicated
in
it.
"The
Criminal
MC
(the
petition)
is
dismissed," the
court
said.
The
detailed
order
containing
the
reasons
for
the
decision
is
awaited.
Dileep,
in
his
plea
filed
through
advocate
Philip
T
Varghese,
had
claimed
that
there
was
absence
of
any
material
in
the
murder
conspiracy
FIR
to
indicate
commission
of
any
of
the
offences
attributed
to
the
accused
and
the
entire
case
was
based
on
something
allegedly
"wished" by
him.
The
Crime
Branch,
represented
by
Director
General
of
Prosecutions
(DGP)
T
A
Shaji
and
Additional
Public
Prosecutor
P
Narayanan,
on
the
other
hand,
had
contended
before
the
court
that
the
allegations
in
the
FIR
make
out
offences
which
warrant
setting
in
motion
of
the
investigation
machinery.
They
had
contended
that
the
alleged
utterances
by
the
accused
of
threatening
to
harm
the
officials
indicated
what
was
in
their
mind
and
was
a
"manifestation"
of
their
agreement
or
conspiracy.
The
actor
and
five
others
were
booked
under
various
provisions
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code,
including
Sections
116
(abetment),
118
(concealing
design
to
commit
offence),
120B
(criminal
conspiracy),
506
(criminal
intimidation),
and
34
(criminal
act
done
by
several
people)
and
later
Section
302
was
also
added
to
it
for
allegedly
conspiring
to
murder
the
officials
probing
the
2017
actress
assault
case.
The
actress-victim,
who
has
worked
in
Tamil,
Telugu
and
Malayalam
films,
was
abducted
and
allegedly
molested
in
her
car
for
two
hours
by
some
persons
who
had
forced
their
way
into
the
vehicle
on
the
night
of
February
17,
2017
and
later
escaped
in
a
busy
area.
The
entire
act
was
filmed
by
those
persons
to
blackmail
the
actress.
There
are
10
accused
in
the
2017
case
and
police
have
arrested
seven.
Dileep
was
arrested
subsequently
and
released
on
bail.