Bengaluru, Dec. 4 -- Karnataka High Court has rejected expelled Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna's plea seeking bail in the life sentence granted to him in connection with a rape case.

During the hearing of the petition held on Monday, senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, who argued on behalf of Prajwal Revanna, sought bail, saying the former MP would not leave the country.

Advocate Luthra argued that when Prajwal left the country on April 24, 2024, no case was registered against him. He had told the court that a case was registered against Prajwal on April 28.

The advocate also argued that his client will not leave the country. The trial judge considered whether Prof. Ravi Varma Kumar was prosecuted for destroyin...