Actor Suresh Gopi Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Case Over Alleged Misbehaviour With Female Reporter
Live LawMalayalam Actor and Politician, Suresh Gopi has approached the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case lodged against him for allegedly misbehaving with a female reporter. A complaint against him was initially filed alleging sexual harassment under Section 354A IPC, which was later altered to Section 354 IPC for assault or criminal force to outrage the modesty of a woman. The actor submitted that the media visuals would show that the female reporter made a calculated pre-mediated plan to create a narration of sexual harassment. This is later termed as sexual harassment which incident was occurred in broad light in a private hotel where the media people had gathered and confronted the Petitioner without any appointment in a wrongful manner with an ill motive and malicious mind later revealed by the narrative which was created malafide out of an innocent act”, the bail application stated.