Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has approached the Karnataka High Court challenging his in a rape case in which a special court for legislators sentenced him to life imprisonment last month.

Prajwal Revanna, the former Hassan MP, was convicted of sexually assaulting a domestic worker at his family farmhouse, with the court relying on video evidence and DNA analysis. He was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment under Section 376(2)(k) and fined Rs 11.50 lakh.

The court had pronounced him guilty on August 1. This is one of the four cases filed against Prajwal for rape and molestation. Prajwal has been lodged in Parappana Agrahara prison in Bengaluru since his arrest in May 2024.

Prajwal has now moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the conviction, citing alleged inconsistencies in

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