"Gory details": Karnataka High Court while hearing SIT's plea to cancel HD Revanna bail

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday reserved its order on the plea filed by the special investigation team (SIT) seeking cancellation of bail granted to Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Revanna, accused of abducting a woman..Single -judge Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that the facts of the case against Prajwal Revanna were very gory and that he should not have been granted bail by the special MP/MLA court.."The facts are very gory here (in the rape case). Bail should not have been granted...376, gangrape and all. It is very gory," he remarked..Senior Advocate Ravivarma Kumar, appearing for the SIT, took the Court through the facts of the case and said that in a matter of such nature, bail should not have been granted. He asserted that bail was granted wrongly by the trial court and it should be cancelled. .On the other hand, Senior Advocate CV Nagesh, appearing for Revanna, pointed out that the prosecution had not merely asked for cancellation of bail but were challenging the order that granted bail.He said that the charge of kidnapping could not be sustained as the victim was not a minor. He added that the charge of abduction too did not hold as there was no element of deceit. "She was a maid servant in the house. She was called. There was no deceit, no threat..no detention," he said.He further stated that was no whisper that the domestic help, the victim of rape and sexual assault in the Prajwal Revanna case, was abducted at the behest of HD Revanna or his wife.The Court after hearing the parties reserved its order.Revanna is also accused in a sexual assault case and he has was granted bail in that too though the same was not heard today..The case against HD Revanna is linked to sexual abuse allegations against his son and suspended JD (S) leader, Prajwal Revanna.The sexual abuse allegations against Prajwal Revanna emerged after over 2,900 videos depicting the sexual assault of several women were circulated at various places, including social media.Prajwal Revanna is still in prison.