Bangalore: Kannada Actor Darshan Granted Conditional Bail
Bangalore, Oct 7: Finally, after several rejections and postponements, Kannada actor Darshan has been granted bail in connection to the case against him on charges of wife beating.
He was granted conditional bail by the Karnataka high court on Friday October 7.
He was arrested on September 9 after his wife Vijayalaxmi filed a complaint accusing him of threatening her and assaulting her. Though she changed her statement later, the court refused to let him go free and remanded him in judicial custody.
He was booked under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 323 (voluntarily tcausing hurt), 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). He had also been booked under section 27 of the arms act.