The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “not convinced” with the Karnataka High Court’s decision to grant bail to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa in the Renukaswamy murder case, reported Live Law.

On October 30, the High Court granted interim bail to Thoogudeepa for six weeks to undergo surgery. It granted regular bail to Thoogudeepa, Gowda and five other persons accused on December 13, 2024.

The Karnataka government moved the Supreme Court challenging the bail order in January.

On Thursday, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan asked Thoogudeepa’s lawyers to provide “good reason” why the top court should not interfere with the High Court’s decision.

Appearing for the actor, advocate Kapil Sibal asked the bench which part of the High Court’s judgement the bench was not convinced of.

In response, Pardiwala referred to the portion where the High Court was looking for “how to release them on bail”, reported PTI.

Thoogudeepa was arrested on June 11 in connection with the murder of a 33-year-old man named Renukaswamy, who was his fan.

Renukaswamy had allegedly been sending abusive messages to Thoogudeepa’s partner, Pavithra Gowda. His body was found in a drain in Bengaluru’s Summanahalli area on June 9.

A chargesheet was filed days after a Bengaluru court on August 27 allowed the police to shift Thoogudeepa to the Ballari district prison from Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru as reports emerged that he was being given preferential treatment in custody.

Nine central jail officials in Bengaluru were suspended after a photograph showing Thoogudeepa sitting on a prison lawn in the company of three other inmates was widely shared on social media.