Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda's son, Karthik, has got bail in the rape case on Monday.

A Karnataka court had on September 4 issued an arrest warrant against Karthik in the rape case of a young actor.

Karthik was booked by the Bangalore Police on charges of rape and cheating following a complaint by a Kannada actor he had been courting for the past four months.

The actor has accused 28-year-old Karthik of marrying and dumping her after his family objected to their relationship.

The 27-year-old actor filed her complaint hours after Karthik, the only son of the Railway Minister, got engaged to a girl of his mother Datty Gowda's choice in Kodagu district last week.

The probe team has already interrogated Maithreyi on August 28 to 30 and recorded her statements and collected documents, including relevant certificates, photos and voice recordings.

The Gowdas, however, denied the charge and accused Maithreyi of tarnishing their image and blamed political opponents of conspiring to bring disrepute to the family, as the victim later claimed to have joined the Congress two-three years ago.