The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by actress Pavithra Gowda seeking review of its August 14 verdict which cancelled the bail granted to her, actor Darshan and other accused persons in the Renukaswamy murder case.
Darshan, along with Gowda and several others, is accused of abducting and torturing 33-year-old Renukaswamy, a fan who allegedly sent obscene messages to Gowda.
The police alleged the victim was held in a shed in Bengaluru for three days in June 2024 and tortured, and later his body was recovered from a drain.
The review plea filed by Gowda came up for consideration before a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan.
The bench, which considered the matter in-chamber, also rejected the application seeking listing of the review pleas in open court.
In its August 14 verdict, the apex court set aside the Karnataka High Court order of grant of bail, noting that in a democracy governed by the rule of law, no individual was exempted from legal accountability on the basis of “status or social capital”. The high court on December 13, 2024 granted bail to the actor and other accused persons in the case. The top court’s August 14 judgement came on an appeal filed by the Karnataka government against the high court order. (PTI)
