New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, one of the accused in the murder of Renukaswami.

A bench of Justices R Mahadevan and JB Pardiwala found that the Karnataka High Court had granted bail to Darshan by overlooking serious evidence and relying on inadequate grounds contrary to established legal principles in murder cases.

"The mere filing of the charge-sheet, the existence of a long list of witnesses, or the possibility of delay in trial, cannot, by themselves, constitute valid reasons to dilute the gravity of the offence or to disregard the case put forth by the prosecution", the Court noted in its verdict.

Additionally, the top court noted that, as per the record,...