Bengaluru: A Bengaluru court on Monday extended till July 3 the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody of JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna, who was arrested in a sexual assault case last month.
Police have registered an FIR against them under IPC sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
The MLC was arrested on June 22 on the complaint of a 27-year-old man who alleged that she was sexually assaulted at the MLC's farmhouse in Ghanikada in Hassan district on June 16.
On June 23, he was sent to eight days' CID custody, which ended on Monday.
Accordingly, the CID produced Revanna before the magistrate, who extended his remand by two more days.
On June 25, the police registered a second case of sexual exploitation against him. The complainant alleged that the accused had sexually exploited her three years ago during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Revanna's medical examination was done last week. Their DNA samples were also collected. His potency test was also done.
The MLC is the elder brother of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing rape and sexual abuse cases, and the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.
Police have registered an FIR against them under IPC sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
The MLC was arrested on June 22 on the complaint of a 27-year-old man who alleged that she was sexually assaulted at the MLC's farmhouse in Ghanikada in Hassan district on June 16.
On June 23, he was sent to eight days' CID custody, which ended on Monday.
Accordingly, the CID produced Revanna before the magistrate, who extended his remand by two more days.
On June 25, the police registered a second case of sexual exploitation against him. The complainant alleged that the accused had sexually exploited her three years ago during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Revanna's medical examination was done last week. Their DNA samples were also collected. His potency test was also done.
The MLC is the elder brother of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing rape and sexual abuse cases, and the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.