Prisoner number 15528: How Prajwal Revanna spent his first night in jail ?Here’s what prison authorities said | India News

Prajwal Revanna (ANI picture)

NEW DELHI: Suspended JD(S) chief Prajwal Revanna has been designated prisoner number 15528. He spent a tearful and visibly distressed first night at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara central prison following his life time sentencing in a rape case involving 47-year-old home employee.Prison authorities said Revanna was emotionally overwhelmed and appeared burdened all through the night. According to prison well being officers, he broke down throughout a medical examination performed after his arrival on Saturday night. They famous that his medical situation was secure.

“He broke down during the medical check-up and expressed his anguish to the staff,” a senior medical official said. He is at present housed in a high-security cell beneath enhanced safety.He additionally knowledgeable the workers that he has moved the excessive court docket to problem his conviction. Prison authorities confirmed that customary costume codes are being adopted and Revanna shall be required to put on the prison uniform given to all prisoners.A particular court docket on Friday for elected representatives convicted Revanna former Hassan MP and grandson of ex-Prime Minister HD Deve Gowdafor raping a 47-year-old home employee in 2021. The court docket discovered him responsible of a number of offences and booked him beneath a number of sections together with repeated rape, sexual harassment, voyeurism and legal intimidation.Prajwal was awarded life imprisonment for the rest of his pure life beneath Sections 376(2)(okay) and 376(2)(n), together with a fantastic of Rs 5 lakh beneath every. He has been additionally sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 3 years and Rs 25,000 fantastic beneath part 354A, rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and Rs 50,000 fantastic beneath part 354B, rigorous imprisonment for 3 years and Rs 25,000 fantastic beneath part 354C.The court docket imposed a complete fantastic of Rs 11.5 lakh of which Rs 11.25 lakh is to be paid to the survivor.The sufferer was allegedly assaulted twice, as soon as on the household’s Gannikada farmhouse in Hassan district’s Holenarasipura and once more in Bengaluru with the incidents reportedly recorded on the accused’s cell phone. Revanna has been charged beneath a number of sections of the IPC and the IT Act.Prajwal can also be going through trial in three different sexual assault instances at present being investigated by a Special Investigation Team.(With inputs from companies)