BENGALURU: Holenarasipur JD(S) MLA, 66-year-old HD Revanna, has been remanded to judicial custody till May 14 in connection with a kidnap case of a sex abuse victim that was registered against him in the KR Nagar police station in Mysuru.
Meanwhile, the MLA's bail petition in the Special Court for Elected Representatives has been posted for Thursday. The SIT officials produced Revanna before the 17th ACMM court on Wednesday afternoon after his custody ended. Judge Ravindrakumar B Kattimani then remanded the MLA to seven days in judicial custody.
Revanna was shifted to the Parappana Agrahara central prison. Senior Lawyer CV Nagesh is appearing on behalf of the MLA.
A kidnap complaint was filed against the MLA and his relative by the victim’s 20-year-old son on May 2 in the KR Nagar Police Station in Mysuru district. Revanna was arrested in this case on Saturday evening by the SIT officials from his sister's residence in Padmanabhanagar in Bengaluru. He was produced before the Judge on Sunday. The Judge sent MLA to three-day police custody till Wednesday.
Before the SIT sleuths took him to the court, the MLA was taken to the Victoria Hospital after he complained of health related issues.
