India, Aug. 3 -- The conviction and sentencing of Prajwal Revanna, a former Member of Parliament (MP) and the scion of a powerful political family in Karnataka, is significant for multiple reasons.

First, the life sentence in the first of the four rape and sexual harassment cases against Prajwal Revanna, whose grandfather was a former PM, the father a former senior minister in Karnataka, and an uncle multiple times the CM of Karnataka, will, hopefully, send out a strong and reassuring message to the powerful and influential in society that no one is above the law, and that the law will catch up with the guilty at some point in time. Prajwal Revanna, 34, has been convicted of raping a maid employed at his family residence multiple times, ...