The cancellation of Darshan Thoogudeepa’s bail within the Renukaswamy homicide case by the Supreme Courtroom Thursday got here only a day earlier than the discharge of the primary tune of the Kannada actor’s much-awaited film The Satan.
The makers of the film introduced on August 10 that the tune “Idre Nemdiyaag Irbek (for those who stay, stay peacefully)” will likely be launched at 10.05 am on Independence Day.
Thoogudeepa was arrested from Mysuru whereas capturing for The Satan on June 11, 2024, over his alleged function within the homicide of a fan, Renukaswamy, who allegedly stalked and abused his shut pal and actor Pavitra Gowda on social media. His associates and Gowda have been arrested after investigations revealed that the actor allegedly paid just a few males for the homicide in Bengaluru.
In September, the Bengaluru police filed a 3,991-page chargesheet, naming Gowda as accused primary and Thoogudeepa as accused quantity two. Thoogudeepa was launched from jail on October 30 on interim bail after spending 131 days in jail. On December 13, the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom granted common bail to Thoogudeepa, Gowda, co-accused Pradoosh Rao, Jagadish alias Jaggu, Anu Kumar, Lakshman M, and Nagaraju Okay.
The Karnataka authorities then approached the Supreme Courtroom difficult the bail. A Supreme Courtroom bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan Thursday cancelled the bail, noting that the reduction “suffers from severe authorized infirmities.”
Shortly after the Supreme Courtroom ordered the cancellation of bail, the Bengaluru police started getting ready to contact seven accused, together with Thoogudeepa and Gowda. A police officer mentioned the accused should seem earlier than both the police or the court docket, after which they are going to be taken to jail.
“Darshan Thoogudeepa will likely be despatched to the Ballari jail, from the place he had beforehand been launched,” the officer added.
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After the Supreme Courtroom judgment, the police arrived on the actor’s home in R R Nagar, however he was not current there.
Senior advocate Chidanand, representing the Karnataka authorities authorized crew, mentioned the Supreme Courtroom noticed that nobody is above the regulation and directed {that a} copy of the judgment be despatched to different states as properly.
“We knowledgeable the court docket in regards to the two FIRs registered over particular remedy within the jail. Additionally, we knowledgeable it about his actions after he was granted bail, which is able to affect the trial and witness,” he mentioned.
A S Ponnanna, authorized adviser to the chief minister, mentioned he welcomes the Supreme Courtroom judgment. “The state authorities challenged the bail order and in addition tried to persuade the court docket of the affect that the accused may cause on the witnesses and the trial. We welcome the choice.”
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Renukaswamy’s father Kashinath Shivannagoudar expressed his reduction after the Supreme Courtroom order. “We have been involved when the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom granted bail, however the Supreme Courtroom has proven that nobody is above the regulation. We’re relieved, and justice should prevail,” mentioned Shivannagoudar.
After his launch from jail, Thoogudeepa selected to not attend public occasions and as a substitute visited many temples, significantly in South India. In June, he obtained permission from the court docket to journey to Rajasthan, Dubai, Europe, and Thailand to finish the capturing of The Satan, directed by Prakash Veer. He returned from Thailand on July 30.
In response to sources, the film’s capturing has been accomplished and is now within the post-production stage.
Renukaswamy homicide chargesheet
The Bengaluru police of their chargesheet recorded statements of 97 folks, together with the 27 recorded earlier than the Justice of the Peace beneath Part 164 (recording of confessions and statements) of the Code of Felony Process (CrPC), three eyewitnesses, eight FSL and Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) stories, 59 panchas and eight authorities officers (tehsildars, docs, RTO officers and engineers). As many as 56 law enforcement officials have been additionally included within the proof listing.
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In addition to Thoogudeepa and Gowda, the others named within the chargesheet are Pawan Okay, 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. Keshavamurthy was additionally concerned in two prison instances up to now.