The Angamaly first class judicial magistrate court Tuesday extended the remand period of embattled actor Dileep, who was arrested for allegedly plotting the February 17 actress attack, till September 2.
Meanwhile, the Kerala High Court is considering the bail plea of the actor. The court had postponed the hearing last Friday after the prosecution raised some objections. The court had dismissed the actor's earlier bail application on July 24 after finding that the probe into the case was progressing and the mobile phone, which the prosecution stated as a key evidence in the case, had not been recovered.
The actor's bail plea was earlier rejected by the Angamaly court too. The actor in his fresh plea on Thursday submitted that he was not the kingpin of any criminal conspiracy or even a participant in it. The petitioner also contended that he was not the
"He is only the unfortunate victim of an orchestrated media campaign and proceedings of a group of police officers acting on the pre-conceived notion of guilt of the petitioner and wanting to implicate him as an accused," the petition had said.
He submitted that there was a 'large-scale conspiracy' hatched by a small but powerful section of film industry and certain others who could manage police, media and political leaders to spread 'utter falsehood and malicious stories' about him for months together.
It ultimately resulted in his being implicated and arraigned as accused in the case about three months after the submission of the final report against the accused in the actress abduction and molestation case, the actor submitted.
Dileep, charged under various sections of the IPC, including for hatching criminal conspiracy for abduction and assault of the actress in a moving car on February 17, is currently lodged in a jail in his home town Aluva. The police claimed that the conspiracy to abduct and assault the actress and film the act was hatched by Dileep.
