Overview
- The Kunnamangalam Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court in Kozhikode rejected her bail application, with Magistrate M. Athira ruling on January 27.
- Prosecutors argued that release could enable witness influence and disrupt collection of evidence, including pending digital forensics.
- Police arrested her on January 21 in Vadakara after registering an FIR under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and she was remanded for 14 days and lodged at Manjeri sub jail.
- A police remand report alleged seven secretly filmed and edited videos intended to humiliate U. Deepak, causing acute mental distress, while the defence contested abetment and any prior acquaintance.
- Deepak died by suicide days after a video alleging he touched her on a crowded bus was posted; she later removed the post, deleted her social accounts, and filed a harassment complaint that did not name him.