The special court for MPs/MLAs Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat on Friday had convicted the 34-year-old Prajwal in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases registered against him.
Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna was Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment by Bengaluru Special Court in a rape case. Revanna had sought for lesser punishment, claiming he did nothing wrong and that his only mistake was his ‘fast’ growth in politics.
Prajwal broke down in court on Saturday as he appealed to the judge for lesser punishment. He told the court that he is a BE Mechanical graduate, and has always passed on merit.
After seven months, the court found Revanna guilty under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the IT Act, including: BNS Sections 376(2)(k), 376(2)(n) (repeated rape by a person in a position of power), Sections 354(A), 354(B), 354(C) (sexual harassment and voyeurism), Section 506 (criminal intimidation), Section 201 (destruction of evidence), IT Act Section 66(E) (violation of privacy)
What the accused said?
“…they say that I have raped multiple women, but none of the women have come out voluntarily to complain, they came six days prior to election (Lok Sabha polls last year)…the prosecution side brought them purposefully and made them give a complaint,” Prajwal told the court.
Stating that will bow down to the court’s conviction, Prajwal said, “I have a family, I have not seen my mother and father for six months now…..please give me a less sentence is what I request the court.”
“The only mistake I made in my life is growing fast in politics,” Prajwal, arrested in May last year upon his arrival from Germany, said.
Pointing out that the woman (victim) had not complained to anyone including her husband or kin about the alleged rape, he said that she comes and gives complaint when certain videos were circulated.
The special court for MPs/MLAs Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat on Friday had convicted the 34-year-old Prajwal in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases registered against him. The prosecution advocates sought life imprisonment for Prajwal Revanna during the hearing, ahead of the sentencing.
What is the case?
The case pertains to a 48-year-old woman who was working as a help at the family’s Gannikada farmhouse in Hassan district’s Holenarasipura. She was allegedly raped twice — at Hassan farm house and Bengaluru residence– in 2021 and the act recorded by the accused on his mobile phone.
