Karnataka High Court Quashes Man’s Sexual Assault Complaint Against Malayalam Film Director Ranjith
The Karnataka Excessive Courtroom on Friday quashed the felony case filed by a person towards Malayalam movie director Ranjith Balkrishnan alleging sexual harassment.
A single decide bench of Justice S R Krishna Kumar allowed the petition and quashed the case registered for offences below Part 377 (unnatural intercourse) of the Indian Penal Code and Part 66E of the Data Know-how Act, 2000.
The complainant, claiming to be an aspiring actor, alleged that he was known as into the lodge room in Bangalore by Ranjith and was subjected to sexual harassment.
Earlier, the Courtroom had stayed the investigation after noting that the Taj Resort, the place the crime was alleged to have occurred, was not in existence in 2012, the date of the alleged offence, because it began operation solely in 2016.
It had stated “The grievance on the face of it, is fake. I do not even say prima facie, because the Taj Resort close to Bengaluru Worldwide Airport begins its operation solely within the yr 2016, that is in public area, it’s 4 years after the incident. Due to this fact, the vivid narration at Taj lodge is totally false. That is thus a canard.”
It had added “The grievance is registered within the yr 2024 and the alleged incident is alleged to have occurred within the yr 2012. Due to this fact, it has taken 12 years for the complainant to register the grievance. The delay of 12 years can be left fully unexplained. Due to this fact, on all these components it turns into a basic case of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.”
Look: Senior Advocate Prabhuling Ok Navadgi for Advocate Joseph Anthony for Petitioner.
Case Title: Ranjith Balkrishnan AND State of Karnataka Case No: WP 32231/2024
Quotation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 225
