A trial court in Kerala on Monday acquitted Malayalam film actor Dileep in a 2017 case pertaining to the abduction and rape of an actor, The Hindu reported.

Ernakulam Principal Sessions Judge Honey M Varghese acquitted Dileep of all offences after a nearly eight-year trial.

However, the court found six other persons accused in the matter guilty of rape , conspiracy and abduction, among other offences, Live Law reported.

The court will pronounce the punishment on Friday.

On February 17, 2017, six men allegedly kidnapped and sexually abused the actor inside her car for two hours. They had allegedly also filmed the assault to blackmail the woman. Later, the woman was dropped near the home of a film director, who helped her contact the police and register a case.

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