Malayalam actor Dileep's mobile phones were presented before the magistrate at Aluva as instructed by the High Court of Kerala.
Six phones belonging to Dileep and his aides that were with the registry of the HC were produced before the magistrate around 7.30 pm on Tuesday.
Hereafter, the investigating officers may approach the magistrate court seeking custody of the phones. The FIR in the conspiracy case is registered at Aluva.
The high court had earlier issued the directive while deferring to Thursday the hearing of Dileep's anticipatory bail plea in a case relating to conspiracy to harm investigating officers of the 2017 female actor assault case.
While the prosecution sought the custody of the phones, it was strongly opposed by the counsel of the actor and the court decided to hand it over to the lower court.
Alleging that the actor was not cooperating with the probe, the prosecution had sought the custody of Dileep as well as his aides.
Last week, the prosecution had argued that there were seven mobile phones -- four of Dileep, two of his brother Anoop, and one used by his brother-in-law Sooraj.
After Dileep denied having the fourth phone, the court asked him to submit six mobiles.
The prosecution pointed out that around 12,000 calls had been made from the mobile phone which was still not handed over, adding that it was in use till a few months back and yet the actor stated that he does not remember using such a phone.
Last week the probe team had moved a fresh application claiming that the actor had conspired to eliminate the officials probing the case. In connection with this, the actor, his brother Anoop, brother-in-law Sooraj, aide Appu alias Krishnadas, and close friend Byju Chengamanad were interrogated for 33 hours over three days.
A leading south Indian female actor had complained that she had been abducted and sexually assaulted by a gang in 2017 and the incident was filmed to blackmail her. After the main accused Pulsar Suni was arrested and questioned, Dileep was accused of being the main conspirator and arrested.
According to the prosecution, Dileep, who is presently out on bail after spending two months in jail, had also seen the visuals of the attack on the female actor.
