Overview
- The Principal Sessions Court in Kozhikode granted bail on February 11 after seeking an additional police report a day earlier.
- Shimjitha had been in judicial custody for about 21 days following her January 21 arrest under BNS Section 108 on a complaint by U. Deepak’s parents.
- Police opposed bail, citing incomplete forensic examination of mobile phones and laptops seized from both Shimjitha and Deepak.
- An earlier bail plea was denied by the Kunnamangalam Judicial Magistrate’s Court over concerns about potential evidence tampering and influence on witnesses.
- Investigators are also examining a separate privacy complaint from another woman who appeared in the social-media video of the alleged bus incident.