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HASSAN DISTRICT, KARNATAKA, AUG 2 – Prajwal Revanna was sentenced to life and fined ₹10 lakh, with ₹7 lakh awarded to the survivor, after a trial held in less than two months following his arrest in 2024.
- On August 2, 2025, a special court in Bengaluru sentenced Prajwal Revanna, the former MP from Hassan, to life imprisonment and imposed a Rs 10 lakh fine for the rape of a 48-year-old domestic worker at his family’s farmhouse in Holenarasipura, Karnataka.
- The conviction followed allegations that Revanna assaulted the woman twice in 2021 and recorded the acts on his phone, threatening to release the videos to silence her, with the case investigated by a Special Investigation Team.
- Revanna, a 34-year-old expelled JD leader and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, pleaded innocence citing a political conspiracy and highlighted no complaints were made before the videos circulated prior to 2024 elections.
- The 1,632-page charge sheet included 113 witnesses and multiple charges such as rape, sexual harassment, voyeurism, criminal intimidation, and IT Act violations, and the court ordered Rs 7 lakh of the fine be paid to the victim.
- The ruling marks maximum punishment under Indian law for repeated rape, ending a trial that began after Revanna's May 2024 arrest, and signals serious legal consequences for former public representatives in sexual abuse cases.
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Prajwal Revanna in Jail: Prisoner number 15528. Yes, this is the new identity of Prajwal Revanna, who was once a star in Karnataka politics. After being sentenced to double life imprisonment in the case of raping a domestic help, he was sent to Parappana Agrahara Central Jail.
A prominent former Indian MP has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his former domestic worker, with several other rape and sexual assault cases pending.
The 34-year-old is the grandson of a former Indian prime minister - It is rare for a person with such an important political background to be punished in such a case
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