Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 -- The Kerala high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Sunil NS, alias Pulsar Suni, seeking suspension of the sentence imposed on him in the 2017 actress assault case.

Sunil, the first accused in the case, and five others were convicted by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court last year on charges including gangrape, wrongful confinement and assault. All six were sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment.

A bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and KV Jayakumar held that Sunil had failed to make out exceptional or sufficient grounds to warrant suspension of his sentence.

"...we are of the considered view that the applicant has not been able to point out any parent infirmity, manifest illegality or p...