Overview

• Revanna has filed an appeal against his August 2 conviction, with the Karnataka High Court yet to list the case for hearing.
• He argues the complaint was lodged roughly three years after the alleged assault and points to the woman’s 2023 visit to a farmhouse as undermining the accusation.
• The petition challenges prosecution evidence, citing a non-seized phone said to contain a video, failure to identify recovered clothes and a bag, and contradictions in forensic findings, including questions about mattress stains.
• A special court for MPs/MLAs sentenced the former JD(S) MP to life imprisonment and directed payment of about Rs 11–11.25 lakh as compensation to the domestic worker.
• Revanna remains in Bengaluru prison since his May 2024 arrest after returning from Germany, as the SIT’s case leaned on video material and DNA analysis, and the High Court last week rejected his bid to transfer cases from the trial judge.