{"id":13332,"date":"2026-08-17T12:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13332"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:52:26","slug":"renukaswamy-murder-case-court-rejects-darshans-plea-for-physical-presence-allows-video-conferencing-bengaluru-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13332","title":{"rendered":"Renukaswamy murder case: Court rejects Darshan\u2019s plea for physical presence, allows video conferencing | Bengaluru News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133297039,imgsize-649919,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/actor-darshan.jpg\" alt=\"Renukaswamy murder case: Court rejects Darshan\u2019s plea for physical presence, allows video conferencing\" title=\"Actor Darshan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BENGALURU: A Bengaluru court has rejected a plea by actor Darshan and three other accused seeking permission to be physically present at every hearing in the Renukaswamy murder case.<!-- --> The accused can instead attend proceedings through video conference observed the court.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>On 13th August,the Karnataka high court dismissed a petition filed by Darshan challenging a sessions court order that had refused to allow him to raise objections to a plea by co-accused Pradosh Rao, who is seeking pardon and permission to turn approver in the case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Darshan, the second accused in the case, had approached the High Court seeking to quash the August 10 order of the 58th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court in Bengaluru.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Rao is the 14th accused in the Renukaswamy murder case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed Darshan&#8217;s petition after hearing senior advocate Hasmath Pasha, who appeared for the actor, and Special Public Prosecutor P Prasanna Kumar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The High Court held that a co-accused does not have the right to make submissions when a court is considering another accused&#8217;s application under Section 306 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, seeking pardon and permission to become an approver.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The court also noted the prosecution&#8217;s argument that the High Court had previously considered the rights of a co-accused under Section 306 of the CrPC. It further referred to a Supreme Court decision dismissing a petition challenging an order in the Yogeshgouda murder case involving legislator Vinay Kulkarni.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The High Court said the ruling and subsequent proceedings in the Yogeshgouda murder case concerning the grant of pardon to an approver would also apply to the Renukaswamy murder case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Darshan and his friend, actor Pavithra Gowda, are among the 17 accused in the case. Darshan is currently in judicial custody.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/bengaluru\/renukaswamy-murder-case-court-rejects-darshans-plea-for-physical-presence-allows-video-conferencing\/articleshow\/133296590.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BENGALURU: A Bengaluru court has rejected a plea by actor Darshan and three other accused seeking permission to be physically present at every hearing in the Renukaswamy murder case. The accused can instead attend proceedings through video conference observed the court.On 13th August,the Karnataka high court dismissed a petition filed by Darshan challenging a sessions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-darshan.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"BENGALURU: A Bengaluru court has rejected a plea by actor Darshan and three other accused seeking permission to be physically present at every hearing in the Renukaswamy murder case. 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