India, Nov. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Karnataka high court's October 21 order denying bail to former member of Parliament Prajwal Revanna in a rape case filed against him by a 47-year-old woman who used to work as his domestic help.

A bench headed by justice Bela M Trivedi and comprising justice Satish Chandra Sharma noted similar allegations of sexual assault against the suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader, who is the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, and observed that he is "so powerful".

Videos of Revanna's sexual acts with scores of women had surfaced in the public domain in April this year. The Karnataka government constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the all...