Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused to suspend the life sentence imposed on former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna by a trail court in one of the four rape cases registered against him.

A division bench of Justice K S Mudagal and Justice Venkatesh Naik T held that considering the gravity of the offences, multiple cases pending against him, and the risk of witness tampering, this was not a fit case for bail.

The judges noted that even during the trial, Revanna was not granted bail and the victim had delayed reporting the assault due to his influential background.

Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra, representing Revanna, argued that the conviction was based on weak evidence and affected by a "media trial."

He questioned the credibility of electronic evidence, pointed to

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