The Karnataka High Court rejected former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna’s plea to suspend his life sentence, citing the seriousness of charges, multiple pending cases and potential threats to witnesses

The Karnataka High Court has 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 on Wednesday 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. Read More

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.

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