The sentencing of Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna to life in prison for the repeated rape of a maid has infused confidence in the average citizen that justice can be done where the executive acts with determination to bring the high and mighty to book. Hearteningly, the trial that began just a year ago proceeded without delays in spite of attempts by the accused to erect procedural obstructions, culminating in the Special Court delivering a guilty verdict. Prajwal Revanna ludicrously sought a lenient sentence on the ground that he had to care for his grandfather, former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, and his parents, including his MLA father.........

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