The
Supreme Court on Friday adjourned for two weeks a Karnataka government plea
seeking the cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, the
mother of suspended JD(S) leader and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in a
kidnapping case involving one of the victims allegedly sexually assaulted by
her son.
A
bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan asked advocate Balaji Srinivasan,
appearing for Revanna, to file an affidavit giving the details of the status of
the case.
Srinivasan
submitted that a charge sheet has been filed in the case, other accused have
been granted bail and Bhavani Revanna has cooperated with the investigation.
The
bench said it will not go into the merits of the matter and asked Srinivasan to
file an affidavit.
The
court then adjourned the matter for two weeks.
On
July 10, the top court refused to set aside the anticipatory bail granted to
Bhavani Revanna in the case and sought her response on the appeal filed by the
Karnataka government challenging the Karnataka High Court order.
The
bench said it will not go into the merits of the matter and asked Srinivasan to
file an affidavit.
The
court then adjourned the matter for two weeks.
On
July 10, the top court refused to set aside the anticipatory bail granted to
Bhavani Revanna in the case and sought her response on the appeal filed by the
Karnataka government challenging the Karnataka High Court order.
The
SIT had sought her custody in connection with the kidnapping of a house-help in
K R Nagar in Mysuru district after she failed to appear for questioning.
The
high court, while allowing Bhavani Revanna's petition seeking anticipatory
bail, urged that media trials be avoided and underlined the importance of not
making unnecessary arrests of women, noting their central role in families.
The
high court had also highlighted that the allegations of non-cooperation were
unconvincing since Bhavani Revanna had already provided extensive responses
during her interrogation. The court dismissed the SIT's argument that she had
given misleading answers.
On
June 7, the court granted interim anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna with
conditions preventing her from entering Mysuru and Hassan districts, and it was
later extended on June 14.