Kerala Court grants Malayalam actor Mukesh interim protection from arrest

The court has granted a five-day reprieve and will consider his anticipatory bail plea on September 3.

Hyderabad: The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court has interim stayed the arrest of Malayalam actor and Kollam MLA Mukesh in a sexual assault case.

The court has granted a five-day reprieve and will consider his anticipatory bail plea on September 3. Mukesh faces serious non-bailable charges, including rape, filed by a female Malayalam actor.

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He has been booked under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code: Section 376 (rape), Section 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), Section 509 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult a woman’s modesty), and Section 454 (trespassing).