Bengaluru Court Remands Suraj Revanna To Police Custody In Alleged Sexual Abuse Case Filed By Man

A city court in Bengaluru on Monday sent Janata Dal (S) MLC Suraj Revanna, who has been arrested in connection with a case of alleged sexual abuse of a man, to police custody till July 1. Magistrate KN Shivakumar sent Revanna to the custody of the Karnataka Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after earlier remanding him to judicial custody in connection with the case.

Notably, Revanna is the elder brother of Prajwal Revanna who has been accused in multiple sexual assault cases himself. He is also the elder son of political supremo HD Revanna.

Special Public Prosecutor Ashok Naik appearing for the Crime Investigation Department sought custody of the accused after the case was transferred for further investigation to the CID by the state government.

On June 22, a youth filed a complaint with Holenarasipur Rural Police alleging sexual harassment by Suraj Revanna. He alleged that Suraj had sexually assaulted him and one H.L. Shivakumar had threatened him with murder if he complained to the police about the harassment.

Following this, an FIR was registered against the accused under Sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (illegal detention), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. Subsequently, the Hassan Police arrested Suraj Revanna on June 22.