[Bengaluru Sexual Abuse Case] MLC Suraj Revanna Sent To Judicial Custody Till July 18

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Magistrate KN Shivakumar issued the order today following the conclusion of Revanna’s eight-day police custody.

[Bengaluru Sexual Abuse Case] MLC Suraj Revanna Sent to Judicial Custody Till July 18

Bengaluru: Today (3rd July): A Bengaluru court remanded JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna, accused of sexually assaulting two men, to judicial custody until July 18.

Magistrate KN Shivakumar issued the order today following the conclusion of Revanna’s eight-day police custody.

Advocate Nikhil Kamat has filed a bail plea for Revanna, with Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Ashok Naik stating that he plans to file objections to the plea tomorrow.

On July 1, the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate had placed him in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is investigating the cases against him, until today. Last week, the CID conducted a medical examination on Revanna and collected samples.

Revanna, who was arrested on June 23, also underwent a potency test. Additionally, DNA samples were collected from the two victims who alleged sexual abuse by the legislator.

The case was initially transferred to Holenarseepur Rural Police Station, where a statement was obtained from the complainant and an FIR was registered. Later, the Director General of Police (DGP) transferred the case to the Crime Investigation Department (CID).

In the first case, a youth from Hassan district claimed that Revanna sexually abused and threatened to murder him at his farmhouse in Gannikada on June 16. In the second case, another individual alleged that Revanna, 36, sexually abused him three years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revanna faces charges under Sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.

Revanna is the elder brother of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing four separate sexual abuse cases against him.