Granting bail to Prajwal Revanna would go against key considerations laid down by Supreme Court: Karnataka HC

“The Apex Court lays 8 postulates for considering an exertion for assistance of bail, beryllium it regular oregon anticipatory. They are being whether determination is prima facie crushed to judge that the accused has committed the offence; quality and gravity of the accusation; severity of punishment; likelihood of the offence being repeated; witnesses being threatened oregon influenced; and justness being thwarted,” the tribunal pointed retired successful its November 22 order.

“In the considered presumption of the Court, each the postulates would tally against the petitioner for denial of bail. There are reasons to judge albeit, prima facie, that the petitioner has committed the offence. The information of the accused absconding oregon fleeing connected bail is writ large, arsenic the petitioner did not cooperate with investigation, sitting successful Germany for much than 35 days aft the registration of the crime,” the precocious tribunal observed.

On September 13, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police filed a chargesheet against Revanna for repeatedly raping the zilla panchayat subordinate from his constituency implicit 3 years.

The erstwhile MP has been charged nether Indian Penal Code conception 376(2) (n), conception 506 (criminal intimidation), conception 354 A (1) (ii) (sexual harassment by demanding intersexual favors), 354 B (assault of a woman), 354 C (voyeurism), and conception 201 (destruction of evidence), too for video signaling and sharing the incidents nether conception 66 (E) of the Information Technology Act, 2008.

The subsister said Prajwal Revanna recorded videos of the enactment and allegedly utilized them to endanger and blackmail her into cooperating with his demands. He is accused of raping the zilla panchayat subordinate for the archetypal clip astatine the quarters allotted for MPs successful Hassan erstwhile she went to conscionable him with a petition to accommodate students from her portion successful a girls’ hostel.

Prajwal Revanna allegedly utilized a firearm to endanger her and warned of information to her husband’s beingness if she refused to hold to his demands for intersexual favors. The video of the archetypal onslaught was allegedly utilized to blackmail her. He is besides accused of having made repeated video calls to sexually harass the survivor.

The erstwhile MP has been successful situation since May 31 pursuing his arrest. A full of 3 cases of rape and 1 lawsuit of intersexual harassment person been filed against Prajwal Revanna by antithetic women. In October, the precocious tribunal dismissed 1 bail plea and 2 anticipatory bail pleas filed by Revanna successful this connection.

In its latest order, the precocious tribunal besides referred to a lawsuit successful which it had granted bail to an MLA’s lad successful a rape lawsuit but the bail bid was overturned by the Supreme Court considering the powerfulness wielded by the accused.

Prajwal Revanna is the lad of the JD(S) legislator H D Revanna and the grandson of erstwhile premier curate H D Deve Gowda.

“The precocious tribunal had granted bail. It is overturned by the Apex Court. While truthful doing, the Apex Court observes that the accused was the lad of a sitting MLA and it would disclose domineering power implicit the witnesses oregon pressurising the witnesses. The allegations were sedate and the facts were goading. Therefore, the accused who was enlarged connected bail, is sent backmost to prison,” the precocious tribunal seat observed successful the November 22 order.

“It is made wide that the observations made successful the people of bid are lone for the intent of information of the lawsuit of the petitioner for assistance of anticipatory bail and the aforesaid volition not hindrance oregon power immoderate different pending proceeding,” the tribunal added.