Actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, arrested more than four months ago in a murder case, walked out of jail in Ballari on Wednesday, hours after the Karnataka high court granted him interim bail on medical grounds, to undergo spine surgery.
The 47-year-old, arrested on June 11, was lodged in Ballari prison.
His friend Pavithra Gowda and 15 others are co-accused in the Renukaswamy murder case.
The bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty on Wednesday morning granted interim bail to Darshan for a period of six weeks.
And he was released from prison this evening after jail authorities completed formalities on receiving the court order.
According to police sources, Darshan will take a route via neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to reach Bengaluru, and security is being provided to him.
The court has laid down certain conditions, as per which he should execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs two lakhs with two sureties for the like sum, and surrender his passport before the trial court. -- PTI