A special court in Bengaluru on Saturday sentenced ex-Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, to life imprisonment.A fine of Rs 10 lakh has also been imposed on Revanna. The court said that the victim will be given a compensation of Rs 7 lakh.
Earlier in the day, Revanna broke down in court wept uncontrollably and pleaded for a lesser punishment.
‘Was found guilty of rape, sexual harassment, voyeurism’ On Friday, Revanna was convicted for raping a 47-year-old domestic worker. Revanna was found guilty of rape, sexual harassment, voyeurism, destruction of evidence and offences under the Information Technology Act. The verdict was pronounced by judge Santosh Gajanana Bhat nearly 14 months after Revanna’s arrest and within eight weeks of the trial’s commencement.
Revanna had left for Germany in 2024 shortly after hundreds of pen drives allegedly containing explicit videos were circulated in his constituency. He returned to India after the elections and was arrested at Bengaluru airport on 31 May. The woman at the centre of the present case had filed a police complaint after being rescued from a farmhouse near Mysuru in April.