CBI seeks remission-less life term for Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in Yogesh Goudar murder case

On 2026-04-16, the Central Bureau of Investigation asked a Bengaluru court to impose life imprisonment without remission on Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and others convicted in the murder case of BJP leader Yogesh Goudar. The request came during a pre-sentencing hearing ahead of the court's quantum-of-sentence ruling.