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Revanna, who was arrested in May last year, is contesting the verdict on several grounds, including what he claims are contradictions in the survivor’s testimony.
File photo of suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna (Photo: PTI)
Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has approached the Karnataka High Court appealing against his conviction in a rape case. Revanna was convicted last month by the special court, sentencing him to imprisonment for the remainder of his life and imposing fines, in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases against him.
Pronouncing the verdict, Special Court for MPs/MLAs Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat, who sentenced the convicted politician under various sections of the IPC on August 2, had imposed a total fine of Rs 11.50 lakh on him. The judge ruled that Rs 11.25 lakh from this fine amount will be paid to the victim.
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Revanna, who was arrested in May last year after returning from Germany, is contesting the verdict on several grounds, including what he claims are contradictions in the survivor’s testimony and inconsistencies in the evidence produced by the prosecution.
The case against Prajwal came after a 48-year-old woman, who was working as a help at the family’s Gannikada farmhouse in Hassan district’s Holenarasipura, alleged that she was raped twice — at Hassan farmhouse and Bengaluru residence– in 2021 and the act was recorded by the accused on his mobile phone.
Revanna was booked under sections 376(2)(k) (being in a position of control or dominance over a woman, commits rape on such woman), 376 (2)(n) (repeated rape on the same woman), 354A (sexual harassment), 354B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 354C (voyeurism), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 201 (disappearance of evidence) of the IPC, and Section 66E (violation of privacy) of the IT Act, by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which probed the case.
Four separate cases have been registered against Revanna, who is facing charges of rape and sexual harassment, and the SIT was tasked with probing the cases.
The cases came to light after pen-drives containing explicit videos allegedly involving Revanna were reportedly circulated in Hassan, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls on April 26, 2024.
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September 30, 2025, 11:12 IST
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