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Former Janaat Dal-Secular MP Prajwal Revanna was sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life by a Special Court in Bengaluru a day after he was convicted in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases against him.
Ahead of the sentencing, the 34-year-old grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda wept soundly and appealed to the court for a lesser punishment, stating that he is a BE Mechanical graduate who has always passed on merit and has not committed any wrongdoing.
The Special Court for MPs/MLAs Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat also imposed a total fine of Rs 11.50 lakh on the accused, and said Rs 11.25 lakh from this fine amount will be paid to the victim.
The court had on Friday convicted Revanna of raping a 48-year-old woman who was working as a househelp 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 was recorded by the accused on his mobile phone.
Former PM H D Deve Gowda’s party JD(S) has alliance with the BJP. And is partof the NDA. The verdict is huge embarassement for BJP’s Bet Bachao Beti Padaho Slogan and Naari Shakti slogans.
