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Actor abduction and sexual assault case: HC defers trial till November 6

Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Monday order to suspend the ongoing trial in the sensational actor abduction and sexual assault case till November 6.

Considering the pleas filed by the prosecution and the victim of the crime seeking transfer of the case to another court, a single bench of Justice VG Arun passed the order to consider the matter on November 6.

The lawyer appearing for the victim told the court that she had to undergo an ordeal of continuous cross-examination for nine days by a batch of lawyers of actor Dileep, the accused.

The public prosecutor also told the bench that the trial judge was not even ready to record the objections raised by the prosecution.

Dileep is accused of hatching the conspiracy behind the abduction and the sexual assault of the victim, in a moving vehicle in the outskirts of Cochin city in February 2017.

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