A Kerala court on Saturday (November 7) denied regular bail to actors Athulya Chandra and Bipin Perumpally, who were booked for assaulting and robbing a doctor.

A detailed order is awaited.

Smt. Kavya Soman, Judicial First Class Magistrate VIII (Ernakulam) dismissed the bail applications of the actors, who are named as the first and second accused in the FIR by the Kadavanthra Police.

According to the FIR, the two along with 10 others are accused of committing the offences under Section 127(2) [Wrongful confinement], 115(2) [Voluntarily causing hurt], 296(b) [Obscene act and songs], 351(2) [Criminal intimidation] and 310 [Dacoity] of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The FIR has been registered on the basis of the complaint preferred by Dr. Johnson K. Varghese, who is alleged to be the victim of the crime. It is alleged that the doctor was lured into the flat of one of the accused alleging that her mother's sister needed medical attention and when he reached there at about 6:30 pm on November 2, he was threatened and physically assaulted. It is further alleged that Bipin hit the doctor on his left cheek, forced him into a chair and hit his behind while another accused forcefully took his 2 mobile phones, smart watch worth around Rs. 3.25 lakhs. It is also alleged that Athulya called him swear words and threatened to kill him.

The crime was registered at around 5:30 p.m. on November 4 and the accused actors were arrested shortly afterwards.