Allahabad:
The Allahabad High Court will decide today whether the Banda girl allegedly raped by BSP MLA Purushottam Dwivedi is a minor or not.
A lower court, which was to hear the case on Monday, said, "Since all documents have been deposited in the high court, it was not appropriate for the lower court to hear the case."
After spending over a month behind bars, the young girl from Banda, who was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA, who then had her jailed on false charges of theft, was finally out of prison on Sunday.
She is now being provided security after the MLA said he would seek revenge.
This comes hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ordered her release and asked the Uttar Pradesh Home Secretary to provide security to her.
After drawing flak from critics on her birthday for inaction in the Banda teen rape case, Mayawati also said she will constitute a fast-track court to get justice for the minor girl.
Meanwhile, the fourth accused in the case, Ram Naresh, surrendered in court in Banda. He was missing and the police were looking for him. He is one of the accomplices of the MLA who had been named by the victim in her complaint.