The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition challenging the status of Pradosh S. Rao as a witness in the Renukaswami murder case. This has limited the options for actor Darshan to challenge the prosecution's decision to consider Pradosh as a witness.

The Supreme Court, which had challenged the orders of the High Court and the trial court, refused to intervene in the decision to grant witness status to Pradosh. The actor Darshan had approached the Supreme Court against the lower courts' verdict.