Former Akali minister Sucha Singh Langah today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking anticipatory bail in a rape case against him.
He was booked by the Gurdaspur Police on September 28 after a woman alleged that the Akali leader had been raping her repeatedly since 2009. The victim had also given a video clip in a pen drive to the police to support her accusations.
Langah's counsel Harpreet Singh Brar today said, "A petition was today filed in the high court to seek transit bail for three days."
Yesterday, Chandigarh district court had rejected his application for surrender in connection with the case. Langah had appeared before the court of the duty magistrate here to surrender.
However, Judge Hirdejeet Singh had declined to accept his plea.
Langah had dubbed the rape case against him as "false" and had accused a Congress MLA of getting him booked.
"It is a false case and I have complete faith in the judicial system and I will bring out the truth pertaining to this case in the court," he had said.
He was booked on charges of rape, extortion, cheating and criminal intimidation. The Punjab Police was conducting raids to trace Langah who was on the run.
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