India, Dec. 8 -- The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court has acquitted popular Malayalam actor Dileep in 2017 actress assault case. Dileep was accused of conspiring and hiring a gang to execute the crime.

Dileep was the eighth accused in the 2017 Actress Assault Case, who was alleged to have violated bail conditions by the Kerala Crime Branch. Accused 1 to 6 were found guilty of most charges including rape, kidnapping.

The case pertains to an actress who worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films and was allegedly abducted and molested inside her car by a group of men who had forced their way into the vehicle on the night of February 17, 2017.

Sunil NS, widely known as Pulsar Suni, alleged to have orchestrated the abduction and assaul...