Kerala High Court Today (April 7) upheld the dismissal of actor Dileep’s plea for a CBI probe in the actress assault case. The court called some earlier judicial remarks unnecessary before trial completion.
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KOCHI: The Kerala High Court supported the decision of a single judge who had earlier rejected Malayalam film actor Dileep’s request for a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe.
Dileep is one of the accused in the serious case related to the sexual assault of a popular woman actor from the Malayalam film industry.
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The Division Bench was made up of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaq and Justice P. Krishnakumar. They gave their judgment while dismissing the appeal filed by Dileep.
He had appealed against the single judge’s earlier decision and also asked the court to remove some comments that the judge had made in that earlier judgment.
While delivering the judgment, the High Court noted that some of the comments made by the single judge were not really needed at this stage. The court said that such remarks were not necessary before the trial was over.
The Bench observed,
“Unless the trial is concluded, the observations were unnecessary in a matter such as this.”
The special government pleader also informed the court that the comments made by the single judge were only in the context of rejecting Dileep’s request for a CBI investigation.
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He said that those remarks would not affect the trial that is still going on.
What Dileep Said
Dileep, the actor accused in the case, strongly argued that the investigation against him was wrong and dishonest. He said the police were biased and did not reveal the full truth. According to him, the entire investigation was “unfair, tainted, mala fide and the truth was suppressed.”
He also told the court that while he was in jail, his mother had sent requests to the government saying that he was innocent. Even after he came out of jail, he sent similar representations asking the authorities to see that he was wrongly accused.
He claimed that right after the crime happened, some people started a “concerted effort” to spread false stories about him and to link him with the case. He alleged that the first accused in the case even tried to “blackmail” him and threatened to drag his name into the crime. He said he was falsely named in the case only because he did not agree to the demands of that person.
Dileep said that he had complained about all this to the Director General of Police (DGP), but no action was taken and no proper inquiry was done.
He further claimed that some powerful people influenced the investigation process. According to him, the police officer who was supervising the investigation, an Inspector General (IG), was removed from the case. After that, the case was handled by a few officers who had the “ultimate aim of framing” him.
Because of all these reasons, Dileep had asked for the investigation to be handed over to the CBI, believing that only an independent agency like the CBI could do a fair and proper investigation.
But the High Court Bench decided that there was no need for a CBI probe at this stage and rejected Dileep’s appeal, though it did acknowledge that some remarks made by the single judge earlier were not required before the trial ends.
CASE TITLE:
P Gopalakrishnan @ Dileep v. State of Kerala & Ors.
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