Mr Darshan had additionally sought cutlery, bedding, and books to be introduced by his household in jail (File)
Bengaluru:
A Courtroom in Bengaluru on Thursday rejected a petition filed by Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who’s in judicial custody in reference to the Renukaswamy homicide case, looking for a route to the jail authorities to allow him to have entry to dwelling meals within the jail. He had additionally sought cutlery, clothes, bedding, and books to be equipped by his members of the family.
The Karnataka Excessive Courtroom had earlier this month directed Darshan to method the Justice of the Peace courtroom on this regard.
In his petition, Darshan additionally stated that he had misplaced a number of kilograms of weight as he was unable to eat and digest the meals offered on the jail. It was additionally talked about that the actor suffered from diarrhoea and the jail medical doctors identified it to be a case of meals poisoning.
Based on the petitioner, Part 30 of the Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963, permits undertrial prisoners to obtain these supplies topic to examination and to such guidelines as could also be authorised by IGP (Prisons). Rejecting Darshan’s petition, the courtroom, citing jail rules, famous that services as sought by the actor can’t be prolonged to a murder-accused.
Based on police sources, 33-year-old Renukaswamy, a fan of the actor, had despatched obscene messages to Darshan’s shut buddy Pavithra Gowda, a co-accused within the case, which enraged the actor, allegedly resulting in his homicide. His physique was discovered close to a storm-water drain subsequent to an house in Sumanahalli right here on June 9. Raghavendra, one of many accused who’s a part of Darshan’s fan membership in Chitradurga, had introduced Renukaswamy to a shed in R R Nagar right here, on the pretext that the actor wished to satisfy him. It was on this shed that he was allegedly tortured and murdered on June 8.
Based on the autopsy report, Renukaswamy, a local of Chitradurga, died on account of shock and haemorrhage on account of a number of blunt accidents.
Police sources stated Pavithra, who’s accused primary, was the “main trigger” for Renukaswamy’s homicide, claiming that it has been proved from the probe that she instigated different accused, conspired with them, and took half within the crime.
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