A Bengaluru Court will deliver on July 30, it’s verdict against suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna, accused of repeatedly raping his maid and making videos of the same.
Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat on Friday reserved its verdict in the case.
The trial court had framed various criminal charges against Revanna in April 2025 for offences under Sections 376, 354, 506 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act, 2008.
As per the case, Revanna repeatedly raped a maid working at a farmhouse belonging to his family. The first such incident reportedly took place during the Covid lockdown in 2021.
The woman claimed that she did not speak out about the incident as Revanna recorded visuals of the assault and threatened to leak them.
She eventually quit her job and kept quiet until reports emerged of the visuals of such sexual assault being leaked.
As per reports, over 2,900 videos depicting the sexual assault of several women were circulated online, including on social media.
Following the video leak, the woman filed a complaint against Revanna in 2024. Four such cases were eventually registered against the suspended JDS leader.
Revanna fled to Germany soon after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in the state, following huge uproar over the videos.
He was arrested upon his return to India on May 31, 2024 and has been in jail since.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) filed its charge sheet in August 2024.
Prajwal Revanna filed an application to discharge him from the case, contending that there was not enough evidence to implicate him in the case.