Bengaluru court grants conditional bail to HD Revanna in kidnapping case

The bail was granted days after the former Karnataka minister was sent to judicial custody till May 14 in the case related to the kidnapping of a woman.

A Bengaluru court on Monday granted conditional bail to Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Revanna in kidnapping case linked to sexual abuse charges against son Prajwal.

The bail was granted days after the former Karnataka minister was sent to judicial custody till May 14 in the case related to the kidnapping of a woman. The court asked him to furnish ₹5 lakh personal bond and cooperate with the investigation among other conditions.

HD Revanna, the son of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda, was booked for the purported abduction of a woman on April 29, as per a complaint filed by her son.

Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of Deve Gowda, is facing charges of sexually abusing several women.