The Police claimed in the Kerala High Court that the nature and gravity of the accusations against actor Dileep and the others, who allegedly conspired to eliminate officers probing the sexual assault of an actress in 2017, and their conduct disentitle them for grant of anticipatory bail.

In rebuttal, the actor claimed that he and the others answered all the questions put to them by the police during the 11-hour long interrogation on each of the 3 days and only refused to give a confession which was being construed as non-cooperation. The arguments were made during the hearing of the anticipatory bail pleas of Dileep and the others in the FIR accusing them of threatening and conspiring to eliminate the officers investigating the 2017 case.