Patiala, Sept. 6 -- The local court in Patiala on Friday deferred the hearing on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra's anticipatory bail plea in a rape case to September 8.

The Sanaur legislator, 50, had fled from his relative and Haryana Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (HSGMC) member Gurnam Singh Laddi's house at Dabri village in Karnal on September 2, minutes after a Punjab Police team arrived to arrest him. He has been on the run since then. The Haryana Police has also registered a case against the AAP legislator and his relative, Laadi, for obstruction of discharge from official duty, escape from custody, and other charges.

Patiala police had booked the AAP MLA at the Civil Lines police station on September 1 on ...