The Supreme Court on September 30 granted Malayalam film actor Siddique protection from arrest in a rape case filed against him on a complaint by a young actress. The order was passed on a petition filed by Siddique challenging a Kerala high court order denying him anticipatory bail.
A bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notices to the Kerala government and the survivor and sought replies within two weeks while directing Siddique to cooperate with the probe.