Bengaluru court denies bail to actor Darshan, Pavithra Gowda in Renukaswamy murder case

A Bengaluru court Monday refused to grant bail to jailed actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, his co-accused Pavithra Gowda, and two others in the Renukaswamy murder case.

Session judge Jaishankar rejected the bail applications filed by Darshan, Gowda and co-accused Lakshman and Nagaraju.

The Court, however, granted bail to two others accused in the case - Ravi Shankar and Deepak Kumar.

Darshan was arrested on June 11 and is currently lodged in the Ballari Prison. He had filed the bail application on September 21. 

The dead body of 33-year-old auto-driver Renukaswamy was found on June 9. It is alleged that he died owing to injuries sustained in an attack carried out on Darshan's instructions. The actor allegedly called upon his fans to accost Renukaswamy for making derogatory comments against his alleged partner, Pavithra Gowda, on social media.

Senior Advocate CV Nagesh and Advocate Tommy Sebastian appeared for Darshan.

Special Public Prosecutor P Prasanna Kumar appeared for the State.