<p>Actor Dileep and five others accused in a case of hatching a conspiracy to murder police officers were granted anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court on Monday.</p>.<p>The court granted bail on strict conditions citing that the accused were cooperating with the investigation and that the police could not provide convincing evidence for the criminal conspiracy charges against them.</p>.<p>Apart from Dileep, his brother and brother-in-law are among the others accused in the case.</p>.<p>The court granted anticipatory bail after days of arguments and counter arguments by prosecution and Dileep's lawyer. Dileep was directed to surrender his passport and give two solvent sureties of Rs 1 lakh each. The court also maintained that in case the accused try to influence the investigation in any way, the police could approach the court seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>The fresh case came up after film director and Dileep's former friend Balachandra Kumar alleged that he was privy to conspiracy hatched by Dileep and others accused to murder police officers who investigated the actress assault case in which Dileep is an accused.</p>.<p>Dileep and others were already quizzed for three days. The mobile phones used by them were also surrendered as per court's direction. But the Crime Branch maintained that one phone was not produced by him. The Crime Branch also stated before court that there was ample evidence for the accused hatching conspiracy to attack police officers who investigated the actress assault case and even murder some of them. But Dileep's lawyer denied the allegations and even stated that certain conversation of the actor in this regard could be seen only as casual remarks.</p>.<p>Dileep's lawyer Raman Pillai said that a petition to quash the FIR against Dileep in connection with the murder conspiracy case.</p>.<p>Earlier during the day police personnel were stationed near the house of Dileep in Ernakulam reportedly with the plans of arresting him in case anticipatory bail was denied.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Actor Dileep and five others accused in a case of hatching a conspiracy to murder police officers were granted anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court on Monday.</p>.<p>The court granted bail on strict conditions citing that the accused were cooperating with the investigation and that the police could not provide convincing evidence for the criminal conspiracy charges against them.</p>.<p>Apart from Dileep, his brother and brother-in-law are among the others accused in the case.</p>.<p>The court granted anticipatory bail after days of arguments and counter arguments by prosecution and Dileep's lawyer. Dileep was directed to surrender his passport and give two solvent sureties of Rs 1 lakh each. The court also maintained that in case the accused try to influence the investigation in any way, the police could approach the court seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>The fresh case came up after film director and Dileep's former friend Balachandra Kumar alleged that he was privy to conspiracy hatched by Dileep and others accused to murder police officers who investigated the actress assault case in which Dileep is an accused.</p>.<p>Dileep and others were already quizzed for three days. The mobile phones used by them were also surrendered as per court's direction. But the Crime Branch maintained that one phone was not produced by him. The Crime Branch also stated before court that there was ample evidence for the accused hatching conspiracy to attack police officers who investigated the actress assault case and even murder some of them. But Dileep's lawyer denied the allegations and even stated that certain conversation of the actor in this regard could be seen only as casual remarks.</p>.<p>Dileep's lawyer Raman Pillai said that a petition to quash the FIR against Dileep in connection with the murder conspiracy case.</p>.<p>Earlier during the day police personnel were stationed near the house of Dileep in Ernakulam reportedly with the plans of arresting him in case anticipatory bail was denied.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
