BENGALURU: Karnataka HC paused Thursday framing of charges against former MP Prajwal Revanna in a rape case while allowing trial court to proceed with hearings. The halt will apply till the next hearing on Jan 16 and stems from a plea by Prajwal to be given copies of content & images in a mobile phone seized from his driver.
HC made it clear material retrieved from the device cannot be given to Prajwal as it would expose other victims whose images are reportedly also there in the phone. “Whatever content is necessary for this case would be provided to you in terms of SC’s guidelines in Gopalakrishnan case,” the court told Prajwal’s counsel. TNN
