A court in Bengaluru on Monday discharged HD Revanna, a Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Karnataka minister, from a case in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a domestic worker at his home in Hassan in 2020, Bar and Bench reported.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate KN Shivakumar noted that there had been a four-year delay on the part of the woman in filing the complaint. Neither the complainant nor the prosecution had provided a reasonable explanation for why the court should take cognisance of the case and condone the delay in lodging the complaint, the magistrate said, according to The Hindu.
A case of sexual assault and criminal intimidation was filed against HD Revanna and his son, former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, on April 28, 2024. HD Revanna was also accused of abducting the complainant a day after the first information report in the sexual assault case was filed.
HD Revanna was granted bail in both the sexual assault and abduction cases on May 13, 2024.
On November 19, the Karnataka High Court directed the magistrate court to decide whether the four-year delay by the woman in lodging the sexual harassment complaint could be disregarded and cognisance could be taken of the case.
On Monday, the additional chief judicial magistrate said that this was “not a fit case to…
Source: Bengaluru court discharges JD(S) leader HD Revanna from sexual assault case
