The Supreme Court Today (July 10th) refused to set aside the anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) MP and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case involving one of the victims of her son’s alleged sexual assaults. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to Revanna on the appeal filed by the Karnataka government challenging a Karnataka High Court order.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court refused to set aside the anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) MP and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case involving one of the victims of her son’s alleged sexual assaults.
A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan issued a notice to Bhavani Revanna in response to an appeal filed by the Karnataka government challenging the Karnataka High Court’s order.
“The accused is a woman who is aged 55 years. There are serious allegations against her son of indulging in atrocious things. He ran away and eventually, he was caught. In a case of this kind of allegations, what will be the role of the mother in abetting the crime committed by her son?”
-the bench questioned, addressing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared on behalf of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Karnataka government.
Sibal argued that the relief granted to Bhavani Revanna was “most unfortunate” and that the victim had been held captive on the family’s directions.
“This is most unfortunate. High Court did not at all consider why the trial court rejected anticipatory bail … It is a case of clear threat. She kept the witness in captivity, my lords,”
-Sibal contended.
The bench observed,
“There is nothing… let us not politicise the matter.”
However, it acknowledged the seriousness of the charges against Bhavani Revanna.
“Charges are serious, yes. But in a case of allegations of this kind, what will be the role of a mother for the crime by her son?”
-Justice Kant asked.
Sibal responded,
“We are not on the role of mother qua crime (by her son), but about kidnapping. She (kidnapped victim) was in captivity and paid to give statements … It is said, Bhavani akka was there that day, (that she) abused witness in anger.”
Despite these arguments, the Court proceeded to issue a notice in the matter and adjourned the hearing.
The Karnataka High Court had previously granted anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna on June 18, highlighting that she had already answered 85 questions during the investigation, which made it unfair to claim that she was not cooperating with the SIT, which is probing the sexual abuse cases against her son.
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