File photo of NS Sunil Photo Credit: The Hindu
The Kerala High Court has rejected a plea by the prime accused in the 2017 actor assault case to recall two witnesses examined during the trial, saying it was a “futile” application aimed at “delaying” the disposal of the case.
Justice C. Jayachandran further said that recalling the two witnesses and seeking to adduce evidence was “not necessary for a just decision of the case” and dismissed the plea filed by the main accused NS Sunil.
“… the trial of the case began on January 30, 2020. The deadline set by the Supreme Court for disposal of the case was extended several times. The present petition, which has been filed with a blind eye to the delay in finalizing the case, appears futile.”
“Besides, a person (Sun), who had ample opportunity to work, which he did not utilize, cannot turn around later and complain of lack of opportunity,” the high court said.
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Sunil approached the High Court after the sessions court rejected his plea to recall two witnesses – experts in the field of forensic science.
One of the two witnesses was a doctor who collected samples for forensic tests and the other was an assistant director of a forensic science laboratory.
The reason for demanding the withdrawal of the witnesses was that Suni was in judicial custody during the hearing and was released only on September 20, 2024, so his counsel could not properly instruct them to cross-examine them.
Rejecting the argument, the High Court said that the accused had been present in the trial of the case for the past two years without any failure and therefore the present claim of not being able to cross-examine the two witnesses due to the lack of instructions by his lawyer is totally void. real”.
The victim, an actress who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was abducted and molested in her car for two hours on the night of February 17, 2072 and later escaped. Busy area.
The entire movie is shot by those people to blackmail the actress.
In the incident of 2017, there are 10 accused including actor Dileep and the police have arrested seven people. After that, Dileep was arrested and released on bail.
published – December 17, 2024 at 10:41 am IST