Shimla, Nov. 12 -- Local court of Chamba on Tuesday granted interim bail to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Churah Hans Raj till November 22 in a POCSO case registered against him. The court has also directed Hans Raj to join investigations.

The MLA had moved to court after a woman had filed a complaint against him at the women's police station, Chamba, on November 7, accusing the legislator of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor. She alleged that Hans Raj had been sexually exploiting her ever since. Following the complaint, the MLA was booked under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of POCSO Act and Section 69 (sexual intercourse obtained through a false promise of marriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (...