The Supreme Court on June 13 rejected Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni’s plea for extra time to surrender following the cancellation of his bail in the 2016 murder case of BJP worker Yogesh Gowda. The court, citing credible evidence that Kulkarni had attempted to influence prosecution witnesses, refused his counsel’s request for a one-week extension. A bench led by Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ordered him to surrender immediately as per its June 6 directive. The court also instructed the trial court to fast-track the trial independently of previous observations.

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