India, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail granted to Kannada actor Darshan in a murder case involving his fan, underlining that a person, regardless of his popularity or position in society, is subject to the rule of law.

A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan passed the order while considering an appeal filed by the Karnataka government challenging an order passed by the Karnataka high court on December 13, 2024 granting bail to the actor along with other accused in the case.

The bench, through separate opinions, came to the unanimous conclusion that the high court conducted a "wholly unwarranted exercise" of examining the witnesses and pointing out contradictions in the evidence collected by the stat...