2016 murder case: SC rejects plea of MLA seeking more time to surrender

The Supreme Court on Friday, in its order, rejected the desperate appeal filed by Karnataka Congress legislator and former minister Vinay R Kulkarni for an extension of time to surrender in connection with the 2016 murder of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi

This came exactly a week after Kulkarni's bail was cancelled by the top court on June 6 in the 2016 murder of BJP leader Gowda. He had to move the top court seeking more time, as the SC directed him to surrender within a week, by June 13.

Gowda, in his appeal in the top court, requested it to grant more time on the ground that he has to participate in a meeting scheduled to be held this week. This fervent plea was outrightly rejected by the top court on Friday. The two-judge vacation bench, led by Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan, heard his petition and dismissed it.