Renukaswamy murder case: Karnataka High Court grants bail to Keshavamurthy
Keshavamurthy was arrested for allegedly helping the murder accused to dispose of Renukaswamy’s body and destroy evidence
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Renukaswamy (left) and Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa (right).The Karnataka High Court Monday granted bail to an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case.
Keshavamurthy, 27, a resident of Girinagar, became the first accused to get bail among the 17 people arrested in the Renukaswamy murder case.
On June 11, Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa was arrested with his friend Pavithra Gowda and 15 others in connection with the murder of Renukaswamy, a resident of Chitradurga. The accused have been in judicial custody since then. According to the police, Renukaswamy was allegedly murdered over sending lewd messages to Pavithra Gowda on Instagram.
Senior advocate Ranganath Reddy, counsel for Keshavamurthy, said the Court granted him bail after it was informed that Keshavamurthy was not involved in the abduction or murder of Renukaswamy as per the chargesheet.
Keshavamurthy was arrested for allegedly helping the murder accused to dispose of Renukaswamy’s body and destroy evidence.
The police in their 3,991-page chargesheet have recorded statements from 97 persons, including the 27 recorded before the magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
Besides Thoogudeepa and Pavithra 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; Nikhil Nayak, 21; and Keshavamurthy.
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