The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea from Malayalam movie actor Dileep to quash an FIR filed against him in connection with the 2017 actress assault case or transfer the conspiracy case to the CBI.
The court declared the Crime Branch of Kerala Police could continue to probe the case.
The FIR accuses Dileep of conspiring to threaten and kill officials probing the actress assault case.
Dileep had argued the murder conspiracy FIR against him was motivated by personal animosity as all male members of his family were implicated in it. His lawyers had earlier argued that there was absence of any material in the murder conspiracy FIR to indicate commission of any of the offences and the entire case was based on something allegedly 'wished' by him.
The Crime Branch of Kerala Police, represented by Director General of Prosecution (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 made out offences that 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.
