Actor Darshan gets bail in Renukaswamy murder case on medical grounds

Actor Darshan Thoogudeepa who was arrested in the Renukaswamy murder case on June 11 walked out of jail in Ballari Karnataka on Wednesday October 30 hours after the High Court HC granted him interim bail on medical grounds to undergo spine surgery news agency PTI reportedDarshans friend Pavithra Gowda and 15 others are the coaccused in the Renukaswamy murder caseA single bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty on Wednesday morning granted interim bail to Darshan for a period of six weeks He was released from prison in the evening after the jail authorities completed formalities on receiving the court orderAccording to police sources Darshan will take a route via neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to reach Bengaluru and security is being provided to himAccording to PTI the Karnataka HC has laid down certain conditions as per which Darshan should execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs 2 lakh with two sureties for the like sum and surrender his passport before the trial courtIt has also said that he is at liberty to get himself operated and treated in a hospital of his choice at Bengaluru and he shall report to the said hospital forthwith after his release and get himself medically examined and a report from the said hospital mentioning the probable date of petitioners surgery period of admission of petitioner in the Hospital for the proposed treatment and followup treatment if any shall be filed before this Court within one week from the date of releaseKarnataka HC sets bail conditionsThe other conditions imposed on Darshan by HC while granting him interim bail state that he shall not directly or indirectly threaten or tamper with the prosecution witnesses The actor has also been asked to refrain himself from appearing before print electronic media or any social media to give any statement on any issue including his health condition during the interim bailThe court has also asked Darshan to surrender before the committal courttrial court immediately after the expiry of the interim bail period The bail would be however subject to further order of this court the HC said adding that the actor shall not leave the jurisdiction of the trial court during the period of interim bailKarnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the government respectfully welcomes the decision of HC granting interim bail to DarshanI will not question the verdict of the court The government will respectfully welcome the decision of the court he told reporters here in response to a questionThe family of Renukaswamy who was allegedly killed by Darshan and others declined to comment on the court granting him interim bail but expressed confidence that the guilty will be punished as they have faith in the judiciary and policeBail has been granted under the legal system we cannot comment on it We have faith that the guilty will be punished We have faith in law and the police Darshans treatment is a matter for the Doctor him and the court we dont want to comment on it Renukaswamys father Kashinath Shivanagoudar told reporters in DavangereRenukaswamy was tortured before murder PoliceWe dont have anything to say other than that the guilty should be punished We have faith in law and judiciary so we are confident that the guilty will be punished he addedSahana Renukaswamys wife had given birth to a baby boy on October 16 She was five months pregnant when her husband was killedDarshans fans burst into celebration in various parts of Karnataka following the court order Waving Darshans posters hundreds of his fans distributed sweets and burst crackers in several areas of Ballari and Bengaluru among others PTI reportedThe actors wife Vijayalakshmi performed a special prayer at Durgamma Temple in the district headquarters town of Ballari where her husband is lodged in a prisonOn Tuesday the court had reserved the order on the bail application after hearing detailed arguments from the actors legal representative senior advocate CV Nagesh and State Public Prosecutor P Prasanna KumarThe state had presented medical reports of the actor in a sealed cover The reports had been submitted by doctors at Ballari Central Prison and the Head of the Department of Neurology at a government hospital in the stateAccording to the police 33yearold Renukaswamy a fan of the actor had sent obscene messages to Pavithra which enraged Darshan allegedly leading to his murder His body was found near a storm water drain next to an apartment in Sumanahalli in Karnataka on June 9Raghavendra one of the accused who is a part of Darshans fan club in Chitradurga had brought Renukaswamy to a shed in RR Nagar on the pretext that the actor wanted to meet him The victim was allegedly tortured and murdered in the shedAccording to the postmortem report Renukaswamy a native of Chitradurga died owing to shock and hemorrhage as a result of multiple blunt injuriesThe police have said that Pavithra who is accused number one was the major cause for Renukaswamys murder claiming that it has been proved from the probe that she instigated the other accused conspired with them and took part in the crimeWith PTI inputs