New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail of Kannada actor Darshan Thogudeepa in the Renukaswamy murder case.

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan quashed the interim bail granted to Darshan by the Karnataka High Court, stating that the bail was granted without adequate consideration of the witness intimidation and other illegalities.

The Karnataka government had filed a plea in the apex court against Darshan's bail order.

Welcoming the decision, Advocate DL Chidananda, representing the State government in the case, said the SC stated that the Karnataka HC's decision did not follow the principles of granting bail.

Advocate Chidananda told ANI, "The Supreme Court said that the High Court has not...