Prime Accused in Sex Videos Case, Prajwal Revanna, Handed Over to SIT Custody
Bengaluru: The prime accused in the sex videos case, former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, was handed over to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody in connection with a rape case on Wednesday.
The 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court issued the order, transferring the custody of Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, to the SIT until June 18.
Previously, the court had placed him in judicial custody until June 24, and he was sent to Bengaluru Central Prison on June 10.
Responding to the SIT’s request, the court directed jail authorities to produce Prajwal Revanna in connection with a rape case registered against him under FIR Number 2/2024.
During his stay in the central prison, Prajwal Revanna was assigned undertrial number 5664, kept in the quarantine cell, and provided food according to the prison menu.
The court earlier denied his request for a comfortable stay at the SIT facility.
Prajwal Revanna faces charges under IPC Sections 376 (2) N (repeated rape of the same woman), 506 (criminal intimidation), 354 (A) (1) (unwelcome behavior, explicit sexual conduct, demanding sexual favors), 354 (B) (using criminal force on a woman), and 354 (C) (voyeurism, capturing a woman’s private act without consent), along with relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.
