Overview

• A Bengaluru special court found Prajwal Revanna guilty of raping his 48-year-old domestic worker at the family’s Holenarasipura farmhouse and recording the assaults on his phone.
• Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat sentenced the 34-year-old ex-MP to life imprisonment under IPC sections for aggravated and repeated rape and imposed fines totaling over ₹10 lakh.
• Prosecutors presented 26 witness statements, semen sample matches and explicit video footage collected by a Karnataka Police SIT to build their case.
• Revanna has been in judicial custody since his May 31, 2024 arrest after fleeing to Germany when videos surfaced during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
• The case underscores the judiciary’s message that political influence does not shield individuals from accountability under the law.