Rape-accused UP Minister Gayatri Prajapati fails to get Supreme Court protection
"Our order is only the registration of FIR, nothing else. Let the police investigate and report to us. We never ordered arrest. If an NBW (Non-Bailable Warrant) is issued you have your remedies," the court told Prajapati's lawyer.
The 49-year-old minister is accused by a woman of raping her and also molesting her young daughter in 2014.
Prajapati, who is contesting as an SP candidate from Amethi constituency, denied the charges terming it a "political conspiracy of BJP".
He approached the Supreme Court seeking protection from the arrest and recall of its earlier order.
The court said, "When we passed our earlier order, the UP government lawyer was there. We repeatedly asked him. Now it is taking a political colour."
. The last time Prajapati was seen in public was on February 27.
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