The Kerala High Court on Monday granted the Crime Branch time till July 22 to complete the further investigation in the actor sexual assault case and file a final report before the trial court.
Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the order while disposing of a petition filed by the Crime Branch seeking three weeks more to complete the further probe and file a final report in the case. It was for the third time that the Crime Branch was seeking an extension of time to complete the further probe and file a final report.
The court noted that the time extension was sought by the investigation agency mainly on two grounds — first, to collect the cloned copy or mirror image of the forensic image of a memory card and produce it before the trial court in a sealed cover, and the second was to interrogate former Director General of Police (DGP) R. Sreelekha in connection with her remarks that actor Dileep, the eighth accused, was innocent in this case.
