India, April 26 -- The Karnataka high court on Saturday refused to grant bail to Kannada actor Ranya Rao and her friend and co-accused Tarun Konduru Raju in an alleged case of gold smuggling.

Justice S Vishwajith Shetty dismissed the bail applications filed by both Rao and Raju.

A detailed order of the Court is awaited.

While Rao, through her counsel Sandesh Chouta, argued that she had been "falsely implicated in the case," advocate Madhukar N Rao, the senior advocate representing the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), the prosecuting agency in the case, opposed the bail plea filed by Rao as well Raju.

The DRI counsel told the court that the agency's investigation so far had revealed that 100 kilograms of gold had been smuggle...