Rape-Accused Prajwal Revanna's Brother Suraj Gets Conditional Bail in Unnatural Sex Case

Bengaluru: Special People's Representatives Court, on Monday, granted conditional bail to Janata Dal (Secular) MLC Suraj Revanna, brother of rape-accused and former MP Prajwal Revanna, in a case pertaining to unnatural sex. Revanna obtained bail after 29 days in the case registered at the Holenarasipura Town Police Station by the victim. However, Revanna is still awaiting bail in the second case filed against him by his close aide. 

Suraj Accused of Unnatural Sex With 27-Yr-Old Man 

The eldest son of Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna, Suraj was arrested after a 27-year-old man Chethan had complained to the police that Suraj had sexually abused him at his farmhouse in Ghannikada on June 16.

Acting on the complaint, the Holenarasipura police had registered a case against the JD(S) MLC under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including 377 (unnatural sex) and 506 (criminal intimidation) late on Saturday evening.

Suraj Revanna Denies Charges 

Suraj Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and the nephew of Union Minister and JD(S) President HD Kumaraswamy, vehemently denied charges of sexual assault against him.

He alleged that Chethan had filed a false and baseless complaint to extort Rs 5 crore from him. Police registered a case of extortion against Chethan on a complaint by Suraj Revanna's close aide Shivakumar.

Shivakumar claimed that Chethan was trying to extort money from Suraj Revanna by threatening to lodge a false case of sexual assault against him. It was said that Chethan demanded Rs 5 crore from Suraj Revanna which was later reduced to Rs 2 crore.

'Time Will Come': HD Revanna

After being asked about the case which was earlier transferred to the CID, HD Revanna had told Republic Media Network, "Let them hand over to CID…I don’t want to say anything about this... I have faith in the judicial... I know what is happening in the state... I don’t want to speak about that... I have faith in god.. and the judicial system… I am not worried about the conspiracy..time will decide everything... I don’t know who is behind it. I don’t want to speak about that.. we have seen what has happened in the last 3 days .. time will come..."

Suraj's brother and former Hassan MP Prajwal is also in police custody for allegedly sexually assaulting several women in his constituency.