Overview

• The High Court on July 9 declined Revanna’s direct bail plea and directed him to exhaust remedies before the sessions court
• Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar set a ten-day deadline for the trial court to rule on his fresh bail petition
• Revanna stands accused in four FIRs alleging rape, voyeurism and the circulation of over 2,900 obscene video clips
• His defence argues that protracted pre-trial delays have violated his Article 21 rights, while prosecutors say Revanna’s repeated adjournment requests caused the slow pace
• Earlier bail applications were dismissed by the High Court in October 2023 and by the Supreme Court, and the Bengaluru trial court has framed multiple charges including rape and criminal intimidation