The Karnataka Excessive Courtroom on Wednesday directed former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually assaulting a number of ladies, to hunt bail first from a periods courtroom earlier than approaching the excessive courtroom. Revanna, grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, has been in custody since his arrest in Might final yr.
A bench of Justice S R Krishna Kumar didn’t settle for the rivalry of Revanna’s counsel Prabhuling Navadgi that the excessive courtroom may hear the bail matter at this stage. The bench said that Revanna must first transfer the trial courtroom, which might determine the problem inside 10 days.
In October 2024, the excessive courtroom rejected one other set of bail pleas filed by Revanna, observing that the acts of the previous Hassan MP would prima facie have a “chilling impact on the backbone of society”.
Among the many contentions beforehand superior by Revanna’s counsel was that there had been extreme delays within the ongoing trial, arguing that this was a change for the reason that final rejected bail plea.
These contentions had been opposed by Ravikumar Varma, the particular public prosecutor, who argued that the delay within the trial was truly due to Revanna’s actions. He had additionally beforehand argued that if there was certainly a change in circumstances, the matter of bail ought to have been raised earlier than the session courtroom.
Amongst different submissions, he said throughout proceedings on July 2, referring to the earlier courtroom proceedings, “There isn’t any delay, and it’s he (Revanna) who has dragged on the matter, procrastinating the committal of the proceedings earlier than the realized Justice of the Peace. It’s he at each stage who has sought adjournments….He can’t be permitted to take undue benefit of his personal conduct.”
The excessive courtroom said in its order that each one authorized contentions would stay open to Revanna after approaching the periods courtroom.