Patiala, Sept. 11 -- A Patiala court on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, 50, in a rape case.

The Sanaur MLA has been on the run since September 2. He fled from the house of his relative in Karnal moments after a Punjab Police team arrived to arrest him.

Patiala police had registered a case against Pathanmajra, a first-time MLA, at the Civil Lines police station on September 1 on charges of rape, cheating, and criminal intimidation. The case was registered based on a complaint by a Zirakpur-based woman.

Pathanmajra's counsel, advocate Simranjit Singh Saggu, said that his client will now move to the Punjab and Haryana high court for the anticipatory bail.

The Sanaur l...