Bengaluru, JD(S) MLA and former minister HD Revanna withdrew his bail application in the Bengaluru sessions court on Friday after the Special Investigation Team told the court that there were no non-bailable charges against him in his alleged sexual assault case. Are. Of his house-help.

Revanna, who is the JD(S) MLA from Holenarasipura constituency in Hassan district, is the son of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda and elder brother of former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.

He moved the court after a woman who worked in his house filed a molestation case against his son Prajwal Revanna.

Prajwal is the current MP of Hassan and also the Lok Sabha election candidate of BJP-JD(S) alliance.

In recent days, several explicit video clips of the 33-year-old MP allegedly sexually abusing several women in Hassan had started circulating.

Voting was held in Hassan on April 26, after which the JD(S) leadership suspended Prajwal.

JD(S) had joined the NDA in September last year.

Revanna's decision comes after a clarification by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) indicating that they have not filed any non-bailable charges against him in the alleged sexual abuse case.

The development comes in the backdrop of growing scrutiny over Revanna's family connections and political prominence within the JD(S).

Revanna withdrew his bail plea after the SIT clarified in the sessions court, confirming that no non-bailable charge has been made against him in the case.