Bengaluru, Nov. 15 -- Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna told the Karnataka High Court that his conviction in a rape case was the result of a media-driven narrative and not supported by solid evidence. His senior counsel Sidharth Luthra argued that the trial court had erred both in appreciation of evidence and in awarding the maximum sentence without a meaningful hearing.
A Division Bench of Justices KS Mudagal and Venkatesh Naik heard Revanna's appeal against the trial court judgment that sentenced him to life imprisonment for allegedly raping a domestic worker who had been employed at the Revanna household.
Luthra submitted that the prosecution's case was riddled with contradictions and procedural lapses, pointing out what he descri...