A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice AK Sikri has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh police on a petition filed by Ex- minister Gayatri Prajapati seeking regular bail in a rape case.
Prajapati, who was a minister during Akhilesh Yadav has challenged the Allahabad High Court’s December 14, 2017 order denying him the regular bail. Prajapati’s counsel termed the case “false” and told the bench that his client has been in jail since March last year. He had also lost the ministership due to the case but the high court denied him the bail.
The bench issued notice to the UP government which was received by state government counsel Aishwarya Bhati and posted the matter for March 16. The bail application will be listed along with the petition filed by him for quashing of the charges against him. In the bail plea, filed through advocate Gaurav Agrawal, the petitioner said the allegations are baseless and due to change of the government in the state, the police was interested to see him in jail.
Prajapati said the Allahabad High Court in May last year had permitted him to move a fresh bail application before the trial court.
“After submission of chargesheet, the Petitioner (Prajapati) applied for regular bail afresh which was rejected by trial court on 27.09.2017. Aggrieved, the Petitioner approached the High Court by way of bail application on 03.10.2017”, which the high court had rejected on December 14 last year.
Courtesy : LIVELAW NEWSNETWORK