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The Supreme Court of India has denied bail to former MP Prajwal Revanna, accused of rape and in a case of recording a video of sexual harassment. 

Revanna has approached the top court after the Karnataka High Court denied him relief on October 21st.

The cases were filed after several women alleged in April that the then MP had forced him into sexual acts which were then filmed. 

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Revanna told court that his client was abroad, who came back and surrendered. A bench of justice Bela Trivedi and SC Sharma was further informed that chargesheet has been filed.

As the court dismissed the petition, Rohatgi asked if he may file again after 6 months, to which Justice Trivedi responded, "We won't say anything..".

Last month, the top court had dismissed Karnataka's plea challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, mother of Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of kidnapping women to aid her son in sexually exploiting these women.

The accused Bhavani Revanna allegedly also attempted to prevent a woman, who was sexually assaulted by her son (Prajwal Revanna), from filing a complaint.

Prajwal's parents, HD Revanna and Bhavani Revanna, are facing allegations of kidnapping a woman who filed a sexual assault complaint against their son, Prajwal Revanna.

Currently, Prajwal is in custody facing multiple allegations of sexually assaulting several women and recording these assaults.

Notably, in April, the case came to light when thousands of pen drives containing videos of Prajwal Revanna’s alleged sexual assaults were circulated in Karnataka's Hassan.

Case Title:  Prajwal Revanna vs. State of Karnataka