Kannada actor Darshan moves Court seeking bail ‎

B D Narayankar

Press Trust of India

Bangalore, Sep 14: Popular Kannada actor Darshan, arrested for allegedly assaulting and pulling a gun on his wife Vijayalakshmi, today applied for bail before a Sessions Court here.

First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh Hulagi had yesterday rejected his bail plea stating that he did not have jurisdiction to handle the case filed under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder).

Darshan's attempts to secure bail suffered a setback despite his wife retracting her statement in the court on Monday. She said her head injuries resulted from a fall in the bathroom, contrary to her allegations in a police complaint on September 8 that Darshan had assaulted and threatened her at gun point.

Darshan was arrested on September 9 and remanded to judicial custody for two weeks.

Several leading Kannada film personalities have tried to bring about a patch-up between Darshan and his wife.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka Film Producers Association has been criticized for playing moral police and imposing a 3-year ban on actor Nikita Thukral. She was named by Vijaylakshmi in her first statement to the police and the association alleged that an affair with her was the reason for the dispute between Darshan and his wife. Nikita has been Darshan's co-star in a few films.

Nikita claimed to have no involvement in the entire episode and said that she is being unnecessarily dragged into the controversy and punished with the ban.

Police had on Monday requested the court to drop IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) filed against Darshan who is now undergoing treatment for asthma and jaundice in a hospital.

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