Renukaswamy Murder Case: Actor Darshan Thoogudeepa Walks Out of Jail | First Visuals

New Delhi: After getting interim bail from the Karnataka High Court for six weeks, Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, walked out of jail on Wednesday. A single-judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the interim bail application filed by Darshan to undergo medical treatment and surgery. Darshan has filed another application for regular bail, challenging the trial court's decision to deny him bail in the case. The application is currently awaiting a hearing before the High Court.  

Meanwhile, Darshan's fans burst into celebration in various parts of Karnataka on Wednesday, after news broke that the Karnataka High Court granted the actor, an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, an interim bail on medical grounds.

Darshan’s wife Vijayalakshmi performed a special prayer at the Durgamma temple in the district headquarters town of Ballari, where her husband is lodged in prison.

Waving Darshan's posters, hundreds of his fans distributed sweets and burst crackers in several areas of Ballari and Bengaluru, among others.

Karnataka Housing and Waqf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan expressed his joy over the interim bail granted to Darshan. “He is my close friend. Obviously, I am happy. I used to meet him at least once in two months before he was jailed,” Khan told reporters in the district headquarters town of Haveri.

Renukaswamy Murder Case

33-year-old Renukaswamy, a fan of the actor, had sent obscene messages to his friend Pavithra Gowda, which enraged Darshan, allegedly leading to his murder. His body was found near a stormwater drain next to an apartment in Sumanahalli here on June nine.

Raghavendra, one of the accused who is part of Darshan's fan club in Chitradurga, had brought Renukaswamy to a shed in R R Nagar here, on the pretext that the actor wanted to meet him. It was in this shed that he was allegedly tortured and murdered.

According to the post-mortem report, Renukaswamy, a native of Chitradurga, died due to shock and haemorrhage as a result of multiple blunt injuries.

Police have said Pavithra, who is accused number one, was the "major cause" for Renukaswamy’s murder, claiming that it has been proved from the probe that she instigated other accused, conspired with them, and took part in the crime.