Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 8 -- In the legal opinion submitted to the Kerala government by the Director General of Prosecution (DGP) and the Special Public Prosecutor, seeking approval to file an appeal against the acquittal of actor Dileep in the 2017 actress assault case, the two legal officers have reportedly made serious remarks against the trial court judge.
The legal opinion reportedly contains serious observations and grounds for appeal.
The primary argument is that the trial court judge was under a cloud of suspicion in the ongoing controversy surrounding the unauthorized access and potential tampering of the memory card (containing the visual evidence of the assault) while it was in the court's custody.
The prosecution argues that...