Prisoner number 15528, Prajwal Revanna, was seen visibly tense and cried spending the initial night in the jail following a life sentence in a rape case on Saturday, officials have stated. A day after he was sentenced in the rape case, suspended Janata Dal(Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna was allotted the prisoner number at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central prison, jail officials stated on Sunday.
Revanna, grandson of former Prime Minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda, spent his first night in jail after Saturday's court judgement holding him guilty and giving him life term in the case. Revanna was said to have been in tears and looked visibly upset.
Prison doctors examined his health late on Saturday night to check whether his medical condition was alright. "He collapsed during the medical examination and conveyed his sorrow to the officials," a senior official said.
Prajwal reportedly told the staff that he has filed an appeal in the High Court challenging the verdict. The ex-MP is now held in a high-security cell and is being given strengthened security.
As per prison authorities, the convicts' standard attire is being adhered to, and he will be made to wear the same uniform provided to prisoners.
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He was assigned the Prisoner number 15528 on Sunday morning, they further stated.
Prajwal was sentenced to prison term for the rest of his life on Saturday, whereas the court imposed a total fine of ₹11.50 lakh on him and ordered him to pay ₹11.25 lakh to the victim, who is a domestic worker of the family of the accused.
A court here had found Prajwal Revanna (34) guilty in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases filed against him.
Special Court for MPs/MLAs judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat delivered the verdict on Saturday, having convicted Prajwal the previous day.
The case is related to a 48-year-old woman who used to work as domestic help at the family's farmhouse in Hassan district's Holenarasipura. She was reportedly raped twice — at Hassan farm house and Bengaluru home — in 2021 and the act being recorded by the accused on his cell phone.
Prajwal was arrested under sections 376(2)(k) (in a position of dominance or control over a woman, commits rape on such woman), 376 (2)(n) (repeatedly raping the same woman), 354A (sexual harassment), 354B (assault or criminal force with intent to undress woman), 354C (voyeurism), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the IPC, and Section 66E (violation of privacy) of the IT Act, by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that investigated the case.
The court convicted Prajwal Revanna to life imprisonment and ₹5 lakh as fine under section 376(2)(k) and life imprisonment, which shall be equivalent to remainder of natural life along with ₹5 lakh fine under section 376(2)(n).
He has also been sentenced to 3 years rigorous imprisonment and ₹25,000 fine under section 354A, 7 years rigorous imprisonment and ₹50,000 fine under section 354B, 3 years rigorous imprisonment and ₹25,000 fine under section 354C.
A two year RI has also been awarded to Prajwal, a fine of ₹10,000 under section 506, a 3 yrs imprisonment and fine of ₹25,000 under section 201, and 3 yrs imprisonment and fine of ₹25,000 under section 66 E of IT Act.
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