Rape case: Bidar court rejects advance bail plea of Aurad MLA's son

Bidar: The district and session court here on Thursday rejected advance bail plea of Prateek Chauhan, the son of Aurad MLA Prabhu Chauhan, accused in rape case.

Additional sessions judge B K Komala heard the arguments on Wednesday and pronounced her verdict rejecting Prateek’s anticipatory bail plea on Thursday,  Keshav Srimale, the advocate of the victim, told DH.

Two police teams

Two police teams have been formed to trace Prateek who has been absconding after an FIR was filed by the Bidar police

A sexual assault case was registered at Bidar women’s police station based on the complaint lodged by a woman from Maharashtra in July third week. According to the complaint, Prateek repeatedly raped the victim between Dec 2023 and March 2024 after the wedding engagement with her in 2023.

She alleged that when her mother and brother, along with a few relatives, went to Prateek’s native to request his MLA-dad to fix the marriage. The supporters of the legislator manhandled her brother and others.