Actress Lakshmi Menon Moves Kerala High Court For Quashing Abduction Case

Actress Lakshmi Menon has moved the Kerala High Court seeking to quash the criminal case initiated in alleged abduction and assault case.

Earlier, the High Court had granted anticipatory bail to the actress and other accused persons in the crime after noting that the matter had been settled between the parties. The de facto complainant had stated the complaint was filed based on a misunderstanding.

When the matter came up for consideration before Justice C.S. Dias on Thursday (October 23), the public prosecutor pointed out that there were other injured in the case (other than the de facto complainant).

The Court then observed, "Learned public prosecutor, on instructions, submits that a reading of Annexure A1 FIR shows that there are other injured in the case."

It granted time to the prosecutor to get instructions and posted the case on November 7 (Friday).

Background

The complainant had alleged that an altercation occurred at Velocity Pub, Kochi in the presence of the actress along with other accused persons. Thereafter, the accused followed the complainant and his friend in their car and forced the complainant to enter the car of the accused by verbally abusing him. It was further alleged that he was assaulted in the car of the accused and was given death threats.

The following day, an FIR was registered against the actress in Ernakulam Town North Police Station, under Section 140(2)[Kidnapping or Abducting in order to murder], 126 [Wrongful Restraint], 296 [Obscene Acts and Songs], 127(2) [Wrongful Confinement], 115(2) [Voluntarily Causing Hurt] and 351 [Criminal Intimidation] of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Case No: Crl.MC No. 8784/ 2025

Case Title: Midhun Mohan and Ors. v. State of Kerala

Counsel for the petitioners: Biju Balakrishnan, V.S. Rakhee, K.J.Gisha, Akshaya S.Nair, Jayakumar C.

Counsel for the de facto complainant: Vivek Venugopal