Patna, Nov 24 (PTI) The Patna High Court today rejectedthe bail plea of suspended RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accusedof raping a minor girl.
Justice Vinod Kumar Sinha dismissed the bail petition ofYadav.
It may be noted that the Supreme Court had in November2016 cancelled Yadav's bail granted by the Patna High Court.
Yadav had allegedly raped the minor girl at his residencein English Pathra village of Nawada district on February 6,2016.
After evading arrest for a considerable amount of time,he surrendered after a local court issued proclamation noticeand an order to attach his properties for not surrenderingbefore the police.
Bihar Police, in its charge sheet, had also named a womanand her relatives as accused on the ground that they had beenallegedly "supplying women" to the MLA representing NawadaAssembly constituency.
RJD had suspended Yadav from the party on February 14last year, a day after his arrest warrant was issued. PTI CORRAR SNSNSD.
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