Through PTI
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh govt on Saturday moved the Allahabad Prime Court docket, difficult the acquittal of former state minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati of stringent fees underneath the POCSO Act regardless of being convicted of gang-raping a girl in 2017.
The state govt moved the Lucknow bench of the prime court docket, additionally difficult the acquittal of his buddies within the gang-rape case.
At the govt’s plea, a bench of justices Ramesh Sinha and Saroj Yadav issued notices to Prajapati, to be served throughout the prison superintendent.
A POCSO court docket on November 12 had convicted Prajapati for committing gang rape however acquitted him and co-accused Ashok Tiwari and Ashish Shukla of the costs underneath the POCSO act.
The POCSO court docket had acquitted different accused — Vikas Verma, Roopeshwar, Amrendra Singh alias Pintu and Chandrapal — for loss of ok proof.
The prime court docket issued a bailable warrant towards those 4 accused for securing their look for listening to at the enchantment of state.
Prajapati and different accused convicted within the case have additionally filed appeals towards their conviction.
The prime court docket slated April 26 to listen to all appeals and cross-appeals in combination.
An influential minister within the earlier Akhilesh Yadav govt, Prajapati was once arrested and despatched to prison in March 2017 on fees of gang-raping a girl and making an attempt to rape her minor daughter.
He remains to be in prison since his arrest.
He was once granted bail as soon as however it was once cancelled by means of the prime court docket earlier than he may just pop out of prison.
The prime court docket had famous that there was once foul play within the grant of the bail to him.
A lady hailing from the Chitrakoot district had accused the previous minister and his accomplices of raping her.
She had additionally alleged that the then minister had additionally tried to rape her minor daughter.
The FIR was once registered with Gautam Palli police station of Lucknow on February 18, 2017 at the Splendid Court docket’s order at the lady’s plea accusing police of state of no activity on her criticism.
