

Though the High Court and the Supreme Court had set deadlines for completing the trial, the trial court had got the dates revised in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Manju Warrier, Samyukta Varma, Kunchako Boban, singer Rimi Tomy are among those who gave statements in the case. More than 50 people from the Malayalam film industry are witnesses in the case. Keralas movie industry has long been accused of star-driven cartels and patent misogyny. Ten accused, including actor Dileep and Pulsar Suni, are facing trial in the case. Malayalam actor Dileep, who was arrested in connection with the abduction and assault case of a South Indian actress, being produced before the Magistrate court which sent him to 14 days judicial custody.

Months later, actor Dileep was arrested in connection with the case and spent several weeks in jail before securing bail. According to the prosecution, Dileep had hired people to kidnap and assault the actress and he wanted them to record visuals of the act and hand it over to him. Dileep was found to be a conspirator in the case and was charged with "revenge crime". The popular Malayalam actress was abducted and assaulted by a gang in a moving car in Kochi on February 17, 2017.

One of the main accused, Pulsar Suni had confessed about Kavya's role in the conspiracy against the victim. This is said to have angered Dileep, who conspired the revenge crime. Meanwhile, Manju Warrier too revealed that it was the survivor actor who revealed the extra-marital affair of Dileep to her. This is the story of a father and son, Mathayi(Innocent) and Pappi (Dileep) who were lived as friends than they. The co-actors in the film are Kavya Madhavan, K.P.A.C Lalitha and others. Kavya, the second wife of Dileep, was questioned earlier too as part of the investigation as it was alleged that the survivor had revealed Dileep's extra-marital affair with Kavya to his first wife Manju Warrier. Dileep in super hit Pappy Appacha Poster Paapi Appacha, a 2012 Malayalam film starring super star Dileep and Innocent in father and son roles was directed and written by Mamas Chandran, produced by Anoop. According to the prosecution, Kavya had witnessed a heated exchange of words between Dileep and the survivor actress during one of the rehearsals of a stage show by the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA). Kavya was included in the list of witnesses to prove that Dileep was not on good terms with the survivor actress. Actress Kavya Madhavan, who is the ninth accused in the Kerala actress abduction case, appeared before the special court on Tuesday.
