BENGALURU, 17 DEC

City Police Commissioner B Dayananda on Tuesday said that efforts are on to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the bail granted to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. A proposal will be submitted to the State government in this regard, he said.

The High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to Darshan, who is accused number 2 in the case.

The bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty had also granted bail to Darshan's friend Pavithra Gowda, who is accused number 1, and other accused - R Nagaraju, Anu Kumar alias Anu, Lakshman M, Jagadeesh alias Jagga and Pradoosh S Rao.

"In connection with the Renukaswamy murder case, with regards to bail that has been granted, efforts are on to file an appeal in the Supreme Court. We will submit a proposal to the government on this," Dayananda told reporters here.

Darshan was arrested on 11 June. Pavithra Gowda and 15 other co-accused in the case were arrested during the same period.

The 47-year-old actor was already out on interim bail for medical reasons. He had walked out of Ballari jail on October 30 after being imprisoned for more than four months, hours after the Karnataka High Court gave him relief for six weeks on medical grounds, to undergo spine surgery.

Pavithra Gowda, today walked out of the Parappana Agrahara central prison here on bail, after completing formalities.

According to police, 33-year-old Renukaswamy, a fan of the actor, had sent obscene messages to his friend Pavithra Gowda, which enraged Darshan, allegedly leading to his murder. PTI