BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted bail to Sandalwood actor Darshan Toogudeep Srinivas, accused number 2 in the Renukaswamy murder case. Along with him, other accused individuals, Pavithra Gowda (accused number 1), Nagaraju, Anu Kumar, Lakshman, Jagadeesh alias Jagga, and R Pradoosh Rao, have been granted bail. Justice Vishwajith Shetty stated that all the petitions were allowed.
Darshan moved the High Court after the trial court refused bail to him, Pavithra Gowda, and a couple of other accused on October 14, citing evidence and prima facie material against them, requiring trial. On October 30, the High Court granted him interim bail on medical grounds for a six-week period.
It may be recalled that Renukaswamy, who worked in a medical shop in Chitradurga, was allegedly kidnapped and murdered at a shed at Pattanagere in the RR Nagar police station limits of Bengaluru city on June 8.
The crime came to light the next day when a security guard of an apartment complex spotted the body. The case of the prosecution is that the accused allegedly kept the deceased in a shed at Pattanagere, tortured him, and murdered him before disposing of his body in a storm-water drain.