<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to take up on April 22 a plea against the Karnataka High Court's order granting bail to Kannada actors Darshan Thoogudeepa, Pavithra Gowda, and others in the Renukaswamy murder case.</p><p>A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan fixed the matter for hearing on April 22, on an urgent mentioning made by advocate Anil C Nishani on behalf of the Karnataka government.</p><p>The court also directed the respondents accused to file their counter in the meantime.</p>.'Mockery of Tenth Schedule': SC slams Telangana CM Revanth Reddy over statement on bypolls.<p>On January 24, the court had declined to stay the high court's order but agreed to examine the Karnataka government's plea questioning its validity.</p><p>The court had then issued notice to Darshan and others on the state's plea against the Karnataka High Court's bail order, after hearing senior advocate Sidharth Luthra.</p><p>On January 6, 2025, the Karnataka government filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the bail granted to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and 16 others in the sensational Renukaswamy murder case.</p><p>On December 13, 2024, the high court granted bail to the accused. </p><p>Darshan, a 47-year-old Kannada actor, was arrested on June 11, 2024 in connection with the murder of 33-year-old Renukaswamy, a native of Chitradurga. </p><p>The victim’s body was discovered near a stormwater drain in Bengaluru on June 9, 2024.</p><p>According to the police, Renukaswamy had allegedly sent obscene messages to Darshan’s associate, Pavithra Gowda, which enraged the actor.</p><p>Police investigation led to the arrest of Darshan, his close friend Pavithra Gowda and 15 other associates.</p><p>The Bengaluru police also filed a charge sheet on September 3 naming Pavithra as accused number 1 and Darshan as the accused number 2. Police claimed that Renukaswamy's act of sending offensive messages to Pavithra was the motive of the offence.</p><p>The others named in the charge sheet were Pawan K, 29; Raghavendra, 43; Nandish, 28; Jagadish, 36; Anukumar, 25; Ravi Shankar, 32; Dhanraj D, 27; Vinay V, 38; Nagaraju, 41; Laxman, 54; Deepak, 39; Pradosh, 40; Karthik, 27; Keshavamurthy, 27, and Nikhil Nayak, 21.</p><p>The actor was first granted interim bail on medical grounds on October 30, 2024. </p><p>All the 17 accused are currently out on bail.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to take up on April 22 a plea against the Karnataka High Court's order granting bail to Kannada actors Darshan Thoogudeepa, Pavithra Gowda, and others in the Renukaswamy murder case.</p><p>A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan fixed the matter for hearing on April 22, on an urgent mentioning made by advocate Anil C Nishani on behalf of the Karnataka government.</p><p>The court also directed the respondents accused to file their counter in the meantime.</p>.'Mockery of Tenth Schedule': SC slams Telangana CM Revanth Reddy over statement on bypolls.<p>On January 24, the court had declined to stay the high court's order but agreed to examine the Karnataka government's plea questioning its validity.</p><p>The court had then issued notice to Darshan and others on the state's plea against the Karnataka High Court's bail order, after hearing senior advocate Sidharth Luthra.</p><p>On January 6, 2025, the Karnataka government filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the bail granted to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and 16 others in the sensational Renukaswamy murder case.</p><p>On December 13, 2024, the high court granted bail to the accused. </p><p>Darshan, a 47-year-old Kannada actor, was arrested on June 11, 2024 in connection with the murder of 33-year-old Renukaswamy, a native of Chitradurga. </p><p>The victim’s body was discovered near a stormwater drain in Bengaluru on June 9, 2024.</p><p>According to the police, Renukaswamy had allegedly sent obscene messages to Darshan’s associate, Pavithra Gowda, which enraged the actor.</p><p>Police investigation led to the arrest of Darshan, his close friend Pavithra Gowda and 15 other associates.</p><p>The Bengaluru police also filed a charge sheet on September 3 naming Pavithra as accused number 1 and Darshan as the accused number 2. Police claimed that Renukaswamy's act of sending offensive messages to Pavithra was the motive of the offence.</p><p>The others named in the charge sheet were Pawan K, 29; Raghavendra, 43; Nandish, 28; Jagadish, 36; Anukumar, 25; Ravi Shankar, 32; Dhanraj D, 27; Vinay V, 38; Nagaraju, 41; Laxman, 54; Deepak, 39; Pradosh, 40; Karthik, 27; Keshavamurthy, 27, and Nikhil Nayak, 21.</p><p>The actor was first granted interim bail on medical grounds on October 30, 2024. </p><p>All the 17 accused are currently out on bail.</p>
