The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to dubbing artist and activist Bhagyalakshmi and two of her friends accused of manhandling YouTuber Vijay P Nair in September.

Police had registered a case against three after they allegedly trespassed into a lodge where Nair was staying on September 26 and assaulted him for making insulting remarks against women on his YouTube channel. The incident was live-streamed on the social media FB account of one of the accused. The issue made a debate in the state with many activists and others hailing the “direct action”. They said they were compelled to take action after police failed to act on their complaint. The police later arrested Vijay P Nair but he was released on bail. Following the incident, the state government had decided to bring an ordinance to deal with a cyber attack on women.

All three were charged under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), 452 (house trespassing) and 392 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code.

In the first week of October, the chief judicial magistrate court had rejected their anticipatory bail plea after accepting the contention of the prosecution that it would give a wrong message and it may prompt others to take the law into their hands.

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