Kannada actors Darshan Thoogudeepa and Pavithra Gowda were serving jail since June 2024 for being the prime accused behind the murder case of the 33-year-old Renukaswamy, a resident of Chitradurga. Darshan was arrested from his wife’s flat in Bengaluru on Thursday after the Supreme Court ordered cancellation of his bail and his immediate arrest. 

Darshan had arrived from out of town in his vehicle and met his wife and family at the Prestige South Ridge Apartments in the Hosakerehalli locality of Bengaluru. Police took Darshan, who was wearing a white mask, into custody and shifted him to the Annapoorneshwari Nagar police station. He will undergo a medical examination and will later be produced before the court.

SC cancels Kannada actor Darshan’s bail

The court cancelled the bail of Darshan's partner, Pavithra Gowda and five other accused persons on Friday. A bench comprising Justices R. Mahadevan and J.B. Pardiwala pronounced the verdict, stating that the High Court's decision in the case was flawed. The bench directed authorities to distribute copies of the verdict to all High Courts and state governments. The court noted that the accused had been given five-star treatment in jail and said that the concerned jail superintendent should have been suspended.