Overview

• The Special Court of Sessions convicted Prajwal Revanna on August 1 and sentenced him to life imprisonment after accepting multiple strands of scientific evidence.
• Judges trusted the victim’s testimony alongside a forensically authenticated video linked to Revanna through voice matching and frame-by-frame body-mark comparisons, supported by a DNA report.
• SIT head B.K. Singh emphasized minimizing eyewitness reliance by matching demolished crime-scene images to video footage and confirming the recordings were unedited.
• Investigators located the victim’s original clothing in plastic storage more than three years after the assault and extracted semen traces, illustrating that dried DNA remains viable outside humid climates.
• Legal analysts say the verdict sets a precedent for forensic-led prosecutions in India, and related cases arising from the 2024 allegations against Revanna remain pending.