The Supreme Court on Monday denied bail to former JD(S) Member of Parliament (MP) Prajwal Revanna in a case of rape and sexual assault against him. A Bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed the plea after a brief hearing.
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Revanna, said though the allegations are serious, the complaint did not have a specific allegation of rape.
The High Court's Justice M Nagaprasanna had rejected his applications for bail, holding charges levelled against him primary facie depicted wanton lust, depravity of senses which have got chilling effect on the society.
Revanna has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court's order denying him bail in cases related to sexual assaults of multiple women, unearthed after leak of explicit videos during Parliament elections.
Prajwal was arrested from Bengaluru airport on May 31 by CID's SIT on his return from Germany where he remained holed up for 35 days after hundreds of explicit video surfaced allegedly featuring him with multiple women.
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