The Karnataka High Court today reserved its order on the plea filed by the special investigation team (SIT) seeking cancellation of bail granted to Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Revanna, accused of abducting a woman.
A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna remarked that the facts of the case against Prajwal Revanna were very gory and that he should not have been granted bail by the special MP/MLA court. He added that the facts are very gory in the rape case, and bail should not have been granted.
Appearing for SIT, Senior Advocate Ravivarma Kumar took the Court through the facts of the case and said that in a matter of such nature, bail should not have been granted. He also asserted that bail was granted wrongly by the trial court and it should be cancelled. Meanwhile, Senior Advocate CV Nagesh, appearing for Revanna, noted that the prosecution had not merely asked for cancellation of bail but were challenging the order that granted bail.
He also said that the charge of kidnapping could not be sustained as the victim was not a minor. He added that the charge of abduction too did not hold as there was no element of deceit.
He added that she was a maid servant in the house, and was called. There was no deceit, no threat..no detention, he continued.
He stated that was no whisper that the domestic help, the victim of rape and sexual assault in the Prajwal Revanna case, was abducted at the behest of HD Revanna or his wife. After hearing the submission, the Court reserved its order.
Revanna is also accused in a sexual assault case and he has was granted bail in that too though the same was not heard today. The matter against HD Revanna is linked to sexual abuse allegations against his son and suspended JD (S) leader, Prajwal Revanna.
Notably, the sexual abuse allegations against Prajwal Revanna emerged after more than 2,900 videos depicting the sexual assault of multiple women were circulated at several places, including social media. Prajwal Revanna is still in prison.
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