Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has challenged his life sentence in a rape case before the Karnataka High Court. Convicted in August on multiple IPC charges, he argues contradictions in testimony and evidence. The trial court relied on video, DNA and forensic findings.
Bengaluru: Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has approached the Karnataka High Court appealing against his conviction in a rape case.
A special court that convicted Revanna last month had sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his life and imposed fines, in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases against him.
The Special Court for MPs/MLAs, Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat, who sentenced the convicted politician under various sections of the IPC on August 2, had imposed a total fine of Rs 11.50 lakh on him, and h