India, Sept. 8 -- Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa has moved the Karnataka High Court against a trial court order rejecting his request to be physically produced before the court in the Renukaswamy murder case.

Darshan has sought permission to attend the proceedings in person instead of continuing through video conference.

The actor and co-accused Nagaraju had filed an application under Section 309 read with Section 273 of the CrPC, seeking physical production before the trial court. The court rejected the plea on August 17 and directed the accused to continue appearing through video conference.

Darshan's counsel had argued that the video-conferencing facility was frequently disrupted by connectivity issues and that the large volume o...