Published Jan 05, 2023 | 6:26 PM ⚊ Updated Jan 05, 2023 | 6:26 PM
Kerala HC grants woman director accused of forcing actor to act in adult film interim protection from arrest. Representational Image. (Creative Commons)
The Kerala High Court on Thursday, 5 January, granted interim protection from arrest to a woman director accused of forcing a young TV actor to act in an adult movie.
Justice Viju Abraham granted interim relief to the director on her plea seeking anticipatory bail in the case based on the complaint by the actor.
The court listed the matter for hearing on 16 January to give time to the complainant to file his objections to the anticipatory bail plea, the actor’s lawyer said.
The order was confirmed by the lawyer for the director.
Advocate R Sanjith, who appeared for the director, also said that his client has already been granted anticipatory bail in two other related cases on complaints by two female actors.
The 26-year-old male actor approached the police in October last year apprehending that the movie would get released on an OTT platform.
The Vizhinjam police, thereafter, filed a cheating case against the woman director of the movie and the streaming platform based on his complaint.
The Venganoor native, who was working in the TV-serial industry, alleged in his complaint that he was forced to act in the adult movie after being tricked into signing an agreement.
He said they refused to let him go unless he paid ₹5 lakh for violating the agreement.
“Since it was in a remote location, I couldn’t run away,” the man had told various television channels back then.
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