In jail for 98 days, murder-accused Kannada actor Darshan to spend this month in custody
Darshan Thoogudeepa was arrested with Pavithra Gowda and others after Renukaswamy, a resident of Chitradurga, was murdered allegedly for posting lewd Instagram comments on Gowda.
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Thoogudeepa, who has been lodged in Ballari prison, was produced before the 24th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate through videoconferencing. (File photo)A Bengaluru court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, his friend Pavithra Gowda and 15 other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case till September 30.
Thoogudeepa, who has been lodged in Ballari prison, was produced before the 24th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate through videoconferencing. Chandan Kumar, ACP, Vijayanagar, submitted digital evidence against the accused but said the police were yet to produce copies of forensic reports on four electronic devices.
On June 11, Thoogudeepa was arrested with Pavithra Gowda and the others after Renukaswamy, a resident of Chitradurga, was murdered allegedly for posting lewd Instagram comments on Gowda. The accused have been in judicial custody since their arrest.
The police’s 3,991-page chargesheet contains the statements of 97 people, including 27 who testified before a magistrate under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, three eyewitnesses, 59 panchas and eight government officials, as well as eight Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) and FSL reports. As many as 56 police officials were also included in the evidence list.
Besides Thoogudeepa and Gowda, the others named in the chargesheet are 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.
Keshavamurthy was also involved in two criminal cases in the past.
The Annapoorneshwari Nagar police also have registered a non-cognisable case against the accused for threatening a witness in the case.
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