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Malayalam Filmmaker Ranjith Gets Relief From Karnataka HC in Sexual Assault Case; Here's All You Need to Know

The Karnataka High Court dismissed the 2024 sexual assault complaint against Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith Balakrishnan concerning an alleged incident from 2012 in Bengaluru.
The case originated when a man from Kozhikode alleged that Ranjith sexually abused him in a hotel near Bengaluru International Airport; however, the court pointed out that the hotel where the incident was claimed to have occurred did not begin operations until 2016.
The court criticized the lengthy unexplained gap before the complaint was submitted and labeled the allegations as untrue, highlighting that the detailed account involving the hotel was a fabrication.
Justice S R Krishna Kumar, who passed the order, called the complaint a 'classic case of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus' and stayed the investigation in 2024.
The quashing granted relief to Ranjith amid serious doubts about the complaint's credibility and unresolved delays, with senior advocate Prabhuling Navadgi asserting it was a false case.

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Karnataka HC quashes sexual assault case against Malayalam director Ranjith

In the complaint, the man from Kozhikode alleged that the director sexually abused him after inviting him to a hotel room in Bengaluru in 2012..Malayalam film director Ranjith sexual assault case, sexual assault case against director Ranjith, karnataka High court order on Ranjith case, man files sexual assault complaint against Ranjith, Director Ranjith case, latest news, kerala news

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Karnataka High Court quashes criminal case registered against Malayalam film director Ranjith for sexually assaulting an aspiring male actor in 2012

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Karnataka HC quashes sexual assault case against Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith Balakrishnan

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Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith gets relief from Karnataka HC in sexual assault case; here's all you need to know

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Sexual Assault Case Against Director Ranjith Quashed by Karnataka High Court

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the sexual assault case filed against film director Ranjith. The court found the accusations made by the complainant to be prima facie baseless. The court noted that the delay in filing the complaint raised suspicion, and that many claims made in the complaint lacked clarity. The allegation was that a youth from Mankavu, Kozhikode, was subjected to unnatural sexual assault by Ranjith in 2012 at Taj…

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