Dileep Acquitted as Six Convicted in Kerala Actor Rape Case

Actor Dileep, an accused within the sensational Kerala actor rape case, can stroll free as a trial courtroom in Kochi has acquitted him of all of the prison expenses levelled in opposition to him.

Honey M. Varghese, the Ernakulam Principal Classes Decide, on Monday (December 8, 2025) acquitted Mr. Dileep of the offences charged in opposition to him within the case after the trial that lasted round eight years. Mr. Dileep was the eighth accused.

The courtroom, nevertheless, finds accused from no. 1 to no. 6 responsible. The courtroom will pronounce the punishment on December 12.

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The accused within the case had been the primary accused, N.S. Sunil, alias ‘Pulsur Suni’, the second accused, Martin Antony, third accused B. Manikandan, fourth accused V. P. Vijeesh, fifth accused H. Salim alias Vadiwal Salim, sixth accused Pradeep, seventh accused Charlie Thomas, ninth accused Sanil Kumar, alias Mestri Sanil, and the fifteenth accused, Sarath Nair.

The fees levelled in opposition to the primary six accused and Mr. Dileep included gang rape, prison conspiracy, outraging the modesty of a lady, wrongful confinement, use of prison pressure, destruction of proof, taking and distributing obscene pictures.

The courtroom premises in addition to the courtroom corridor had been full of legal professionals, mediapersons and pals and family of the accused. All of the accused had been requested to be current within the courtroom corridor to listen to the decision.

Actors as witnesses

The case had attracted extensive consideration as distinguished movie personalities had been concerned in it, together with the survivor and the accused, Mr. Dileep. Numerous actors had been additionally examined as witnesses within the case.

The prosecution had termed actors Bindu Panicker, Edavela Babu and Bhama as hostile witnesses after they retracted from their earlier statements given to the police when cross-examined within the courtroom.

The small print of the decision might be identified when the courtroom uploads the judgment within the public area.

The prosecution’s case was that the accused raped the actor in a transferring automotive on February 17, 2017. The primary accused, the prosecution alleged, recorded the alleged act in a cell phone following the conspiracy.

Mr. Dileep was accused of conspiring with Pulsar Suni to humiliate the survivor. He recommended filming nude scenes and sexual acts of the actress and supplied ₹1.5 crore for the job.

Recreating the crime sequences, the prosecution had alleged that on the night time of the incident, the actress left her residence in Thrissur in an SUV pushed by Martin. Later, Martin knowledgeable ‘Pulsur’ Sunil concerning the automotive’s location over the telephone.

Sunil adopted her in a van. Manikandan and Vijeesh had been additionally within the automobile. At Athani close to Aluva, the van was rammed into the girl actor’s automobile, and a pretend accident was created.

Whereas Martin obtained out of the automotive, Manikandan and Vijeesh pressured their approach into the again seat of the automobile during which the actor was travelling. They forcibly held the actress’s arms and lined her mouth. Pradeep joined the opposite accused when the automotive reached Kalamassery.

In the meantime, Sunil threatened the actor and informed her that he was about to implement a citation. He stripped her bare, raped her and recorded the scenes in his cell phone.