Bengaluru Court Discharges HD Revanna In Sexual Harassment Case Over Delay In Complaint

A Bengaluru court has discharged JD(S) MLA HD Revanna from a sexual harassment case, citing an unexplained four-year delay in filing the complaint.

The trial court held that the delay could not be condoned under Section 473 CrPC and declined to take cognisance of the offence under Section 354A IPC.

The order was passed pursuant to a remand by the Karnataka High Court, which had directed the trial court to specifically examine the question of limitation.

In the absence of any satisfactory explanation for the delay, the court concluded that the proceedings could not continue. Consequently, Revanna stands discharged from the sexual harassment charge in the case.