Supreme Court denies bail to Prajwal Revanna in rape case
Hindustan TimesThe Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Karnataka high court’s October 21 order denying bail to former member of Parliament Prajwal Revanna in a rape case filed against him by a 47-year-old woman who used to work as his domestic help. Prajwal Revanna A bench headed by justice Bela M Trivedi and comprising justice Satish Chandra Sharma noted similar allegations of sexual assault against the suspended Janata Dal leader, who is the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, and observed that he is “so powerful”. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Revanna along with advocate Balaji Srinivasan said that this was a case of political conspiracy as the woman remained silent for four years since the alleged incident and chose to file a complaint when the petitioner was seeking re-election as MP from the Hassan Parliamentary constituency, which he represented since 2019. Last month, the top court had refused to interfere with the anticipatory bail granted to Revanna’s mother Bhavani who was accused of kidnapping one of the survivors who had accused her son of rape.