Bengaluru: In a huge relief to Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda, the family court in Bengaluru dismissed the rape case against his son Karthik Gowda.
The court ruled that it was not a valid marriage. Karthik had also approached to the High Court to get the rape case against him quashed.
A case had been registered against Karthik in connection with alleged rape, kidnap and cheating of a Kannada actress. The actress is seeking the status of his legally wedded wife.
The actress had claimed that she and Karthik got married at Gowda's residence in Mangalore in June. Her claim came on the day Karthik got engaged to another woman at Kushalnagar in Kodagu district.
Her allegations caused severe embarrassment to the Union Minister who has maintained that law will take its own course. Sadanand Gowda, who held the high-profile Railways portfolio, was shifted to Law Ministry in the latest reshuffle undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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