Nov 19, 2024 12:01 PM IST
Siddique’s anticipatory bail: The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique in a case of alleged sexual assault registered towards him in a 2016 incident by an actress.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma mentioned the veteran actor should deposit his passport and cooperate with the investigating officer within the probe.
The grievance was a fallout of the Justice Hema Fee report which detailed out the sexual harassment and discrimination confronted by girls actors in Malayalam cinema.
The Supreme Court docket famous that the grievance within the case was filed in August, eight years after the alleged incident came about in 2016.
On September 30, the courtroom granted Siddique interim safety from arrest within the case.
Kerala Police has alleged an absence of cooperation on the a part of Siddique within the investigation.
In its standing report, the Particular Investigation Group (SIT) of Kerala Police has alleged that the veteran actor is hindering the investigation and has destroyed digital gadgets moreover deleting his social media accounts.
On September 24, the Kerala excessive courtroom rejected Siddique’s anticipatory bail plea within the rape case, saying in view of the seriousness of the accusations, his custodial interrogation was inevitable for a correct investigation of the crime.
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