New Delhi: Malayalam actor Dileep has been acquitted in the sensational 2017 South actress abduction and sexual assault case. The trial lasted for about eight long years.

According to The Hindu report, Honey M Varghese, the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Judge, on Monday acquitted Dileep of the offences charged against him in the case after the trial.

On December 8, 2025, Dileep, the eighth accused in the case, reached the court in Ernakulam, Kerala, on Monday morning amid tight security. At around 9.30 a.m., Dileep left his residence along with his brother and another accused in the case, proceeding first to the office of his legal counsel before heading to the court premises. A battery of press photographers was present at his home and also at the court premises. He was spotted weari

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