The Karnataka High Court has granted partial relief to JDS legislator H D Revanna, quashing the charge of outraging a woman’s modesty (Section 354 IPC) levelled against him by his former domestic help.

The court, however, has upheld the sexual harassment charge under Section 354A IPC and directed the trial court to examine whether the delay in filing the complaint can be condoned under Section 468 of the CrPC.

The order was passed on November 19 by a bench consisting of Justice M I Arun.

Revanna is former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s son and jailed former MP Prajwal Revanna’s father. He is the elder brother of Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

In the present case, Revanna had been accused of sexually harassing the help who was working at his family farmhouse. His son Prajwal had also

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