New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant protection from arrest to Uttar Pradesh's newly elected BSP MP from Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency, Atul Rai, who is on the run in an alleged rape case.
A vacation bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose made clear it was not inclined to entertain a petition to grant relief from arrest to Rai.
Previously, the apex court had refused to grant him interim protection from arrest.
An FIR was registered against Rai on May 1 on a complaint by a college student, alleging that he took her to his home on the pretext of introducing her to his wife but sexually assaulted her.
Rai's lawyer said there is no provision for an anticipatory bail in Uttar Pradesh, and since the high court on May 8 had dismissed Rai's petition seeking protection, he fears his client might be arrested in the case.'
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