Overview

• A special court in Bengaluru found former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna guilty of rape and related charges over explicit videos depicting assaults on a 48-year-old domestic worker.
• The verdict concluded a fast-track trial that heard testimony from 26 witnesses and examined a 1,632-page chargesheet filed by a Special Investigation Team in December 2024.
• Digital forensics, including video recordings captured on the accused’s phone and DNA analysis of semen samples from the victim’s clothing, formed key evidence.
• Revanna, grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, has been in custody for 14 months and remains barred from bail pending his sentence.
• He is also facing three additional rape and sexual assault cases tied to over 2,000 obscene video clips investigated by the SIT.