Supreme Court refuses to interfere with anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Karnataka High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, wife of JD(S) leader H D Revanna, in connection with an abduction case.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the accused was a woman aged 55-56 years and a chargesheet was filed in the case. The court rejected the Karnataka SIT plea against the High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna.

The SIT has moved a petition through advocate-on-record V N Raghupathy challenging the High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, mother of suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, in connection with the abduction case. The bail has been granted to her on the condition that she is not allowed to enter Mysuru and Hassan.

The high court said that when she has already answered 85 questions, it’s not fair to say that she’s not cooperating with all questions of SIT. Bhavani is an accused in the kidnapping case registered under IPC Sections 64(A), 365, 109, 120(B). Her husband H D Revanna was arrested earlier in connection with the kidnapping case on April 29 and granted conditional bail by a special court for people’s representatives.

The case, registered on April 28 at the Holenarasipura town police station, involves allegations of sexual assault by Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna against their house help. (ANI)