Overview

• On August 2, 2025, Bengaluru’s special court for elected representatives convicted Revanna and handed down a life sentence.
• Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat ordered a ₹11.6 lakh fine, with ₹11.25 lakh awarded to the 47-year-old domestic help whose testimony proved pivotal.
• The conviction is the first of four registered rape and sexual abuse cases against the former JD(S) MP and grandson of ex-prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda.
• The 466-page verdict highlighted how Revanna leveraged his political influence to coerce a vulnerable household employee between 2019 and 2021.
• Revanna is now lodged at Parappana Agrahara jail as prisoner number 15528, pending three additional trials.