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Niranjan had moved the apex court seeking bail after the Karnataka High court had dismissed his petition.
Hearing the petition, the SC bench presided over by Justice S A Bobde observed that the accused could not be granted the bail at a time when examination of the case witnesses was ongoing. The judge, however, said that a fresh plea could be filed after the examination of 36 witnesses in the case was complete.
Nadalike-based astrologer Niranjan is said to have had a key role in the murder of Bhaskar Shetty on July 28, 2016. He was accused of helping the other accused – Bhasker Shetty’s wife Rajeshwari and son Navaneeth – to execute the murder and disposing off the body by burning pieces of it in the Homa Kunda at his house.