Karnataka HC rejects Prajwal Revanna’s bail plea in the fourth case as well

The Karnataka High Court on Friday rejected a bail plea filed by suspended JD-S leader and sensational sex video scandal prime accused Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, in the fourth case against him.

The court had earlier rejected the former MP’s bail application in three cases and the decision on the fourth case – of the alleged rape of a former Zilla Panchayat member in his office – was pending.

A bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order in the case and rejected the bail plea.

The former Zilla Panchayat member accused Revanna of sexually assaulting her over three years and recorded videos of the act, which were allegedly used to threaten and blackmail her into cooperating with the former MP’s demands.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) is investigating four cases against Prajwal Revanna, three of which are rape cases and one case of recording a video of a victim of sexual harassment.

Arun, Revanna’s counsel, submitted to the court that he wanted to withdraw the bail application from the court. However, the bench maintained that the bail plea could not be withdrawn on the day when the order is scheduled to be passed. The bench further stated that it does not rely on the charge sheet filed in the case when it passed the order.

“The petition for bail is dismissed on the basis of the complaint and the judgment of the Supreme Court,” the court observed.

The Supreme Court on November 11 rejected a bail plea filed by Revanna.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Revanna, alleged that opponents were orchestrating a conspiracy to gain political mileage. “I was a former Member of Parliament, I contested for MP and I lost because of all this,” he said, adding that a charge sheet has been filed against Revanna and he has been behind bars for four months.

Refusing to entertain the matter, a bench headed by Justice Bela M. Trivedi rejected Revanna’s special leave plea seeking bail. Further, the bench, which also comprises Justice SC Sharma, said it would not approve any order granting freedom to re-apply for bail after a period of six months.

In a decision passed on October 21, the Karnataka High Court had rejected Revanna’s bail plea in connection with two rape cases and one case of recording a video of a victim of sexual harassment.

One of the victims from Hassan had filed a rape case against Prajwal Revanna at the cyber police station in Bengaluru. The district court had previously refused bail in the case.

Another case is related to the sexual assault of a maid at the farmhouse in Holenarasipura. The disturbing video of the incident has gone viral on social media during the Lok Sabha elections, with the footage of the aged maid pleading with him to spare her as she is an elderly lady, who was serving food to her father and other elders in the country. the family when she was sexually assaulted, had caused outrage.

The victim was kidnapped after the video surfaced on social media and the police had arrested Revanna’s father and JD-S MLA HD Revanna. He is currently out on conditional bail.

Police had also issued an arrest warrant against Prajwal’s mother Bhavani Revanna in the case. However, she managed to obtain a bail in advance. The bail order was challenged by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court upheld the bail order approved by the Karnataka High Court.

Another case involves forcing a woman from Hassan to strip and record her video when she contacted Revanna to get her son admitted to a reputed school. Both the cases were registered at the Cyber Police Station in Bengaluru.

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