Thiruvanathapuram, April 14 -- The judge who presided over the 2017 abduction and sexual assault case of a prominent actor is among five judicial officers recommended for elevation as a high court judge by the collegium of the Kerala high court. Honey M Varghese, who's currently Alappuzha Principal District and Sessions Judge, was earlier a judge of the Ernakulam principal and sessions court. On December 8 last year, judge Varghese had acquitted actor Dileep on the charge of conspiracy in the case while finding six other accused guilty. The verdict brought to conclusion a trial that ebbed and flowed over seven years, and precipitated landmark changes in the film industry. The Kerala government later moved the high court challenging the acqu...