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Prajwal Revanna is prisoner no. 15528 after life term for rape, broke down on first day
Revanna, grandson of former PM HD Deve Gowda, spent his first night in jail following Saturday’s court verdict that found him guilty
A day after being sentenced to life imprisonment in a rape case, suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna was assigned a prisoner number at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central prison, jail authorities said on Sunday.
Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda, spent his first night in jail following Saturday’s court verdict that found him guilty.
He was reportedly in tears and appeared visibly distressed. Prison doctors assessed his health late on Saturday night to ensure his medical condition was stable.
“He broke down during the medical check-up and expressed his anguish to the staff,” a senior official said.
Prajwal has reportedly informed the staff that he has approached the high court challenging the conviction.
The former MP is currently lodged in a high-security cell and is being provided enhanced security.
According to prison officials, the standard dress code for convicts is being followed, and he will be required to wear the uniform given to prisoners.
Prisoner number 15528 was officially allotted to him on Sunday morning, they added.
Prajwal was on Saturday sentenced to prison term for the remainder of his life, while the court slapped an overall fine of ₹11.5 lakh on him, directing that ₹11.25 lakh be paid to the victim, a domestic help of the family of the accused.
The court thus convicted Prajwal Revanna (34) in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases against him. The Special Court for MPs/MLAs Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat pronounced the verdict on Saturday, after convicting Prajwal a day earlier.
The case pertains to a 48-year-old woman who was working as a domestic help at the family's Gannikada farmhouse in Hassan district's Holenarasipura.
She was allegedly raped twice — at Hassan farm house and Bengaluru residence — in 2021 and the act recorded by the accused on his mobile phone.
Prajwal was booked under sections 376(2)(k) (being in a position of control or dominance over a woman, commits rape on such woman), 376 (2)(n) (repeated rape on the same woman), 354A (sexual harassment), 354B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 354C (voyeurism), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 201 (disappearance of evidence) of the IPC, and Section 66E (violation of privacy) of the IT Act, by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which probed the case.
The court sentenced Prajwal Revanna to imprisonment for life and imposed ₹5 lakh as fine, under section 376(2)(k), and imprisonment for life which shall mean remainder of natural life along with ₹5 lakh fine under section 376(2)(n).
He has been also sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years and ₹25,000 fine under section 354A, rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and ₹50,000 fine under section 354B, rigorous imprisonment for 3 years and ₹25,000 fine under section 354C.
A two year RI has also been given to Prajwal, with a fine of ₹10,000 under section 506, imprisonment of 3 yrs and fine of ₹25,000 under section 201, and imprisonment of 3 yrs and fine of ₹25,000 under section 66 E of IT Act.
