A Bengaluru court docket on Friday discovered Prajwal Revanna responsible of raping a former home employee at a farmhouse owned by his household.
A particular court docket for elected representatives in Bengaluru on Friday convicted Janata Dal (Secular) chief and former MP Prajwal Revanna in one of many 4 rape instances registered in opposition to him in Karnataka’s Hassan district final 12 months. Revanna shall be sentenced on Saturday.
Revanna, 34, who was convicted of raping a former home employee at a farmhouse owned by his household, was seen being escorted out of the court docket corridor in tears.
Revanna is accused in 4 rape instances that emerged after a number of movies of his alleged sexual assaults surfaced within the public area forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Revanna, the JD(S) candidate in Hassan, misplaced the elections.
Revanna’s conviction has come on the finish of a trial that started on Could 2 with the recording of the rape survivor’s assertion. The chargesheet within the case was filed by a Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) of the Karnataka Police in December 2024, and the fees have been framed on April 3, 2025.
Within the present case, Revanna was charged with committing rape of a lady whereas “being ready of management or dominance”, sexual harassment, and felony intimidation, underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The case was registered on the premise of a grievance filed by a middle-aged lady on Could 8 final 12 months. On Could 5 final 12 months, the girl was rescued from a farmhouse close to Mysuru, the place she was allegedly stored in confinement after being recognized in movies of sexual assaults recorded by Revanna on his cell phone.
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Revanna was arrested on Could 31 final 12 months following his return from Germany, the place he had fled after the movies of sexual assaults emerged within the public area on April 26, 2024.
The SIT filed a chargesheet operating into 1,632 pages, backed by 113 witnesses. The movies within the case and forensic proof have been positioned in court docket as key proof to determine the case.