Published on : 24 Sep 2025, 11:03 am 3 min read

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed two petitions by former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna to transfer the trial in two pending rape cases against him from the 81st Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge at Bengaluru to some other sessions court [ Prajwal Revanna v. State of Karnataka ].

Justice MI Arun today rejected arguments that the present trial judge is likely to be biased against Revanna since the same judge had earlier convicted the legislator in another rape case.

Revanna's counsel also pointed out that the trial court judge had criticised both Revanna and his lawyer in the judgment.

However, the High Court was not convinced that this would indicate any bias on the part of the trial judge.

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