RJD legislator Raj Ballabh Yadav is an accused in a rape case of a minor girl. (File)
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the Bihar government's plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to suspended RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav in a rape case of a minor girl.
A bench of Justices A K Sikri and A M Sapre was told by Yadav's counsel that his client would remain outside Bihar till the completion of trial in the case.
The top court had on November 8 directed Yadav to surrender before a trial court in Bihar after suspending a Patna High Court order granting bail to him.
The top court had also directed the trial court to record the statement of the minor rape survivor within two weeks and had asked Yadav not to interfere in the matter in any manner.
It had earlier rejected Yadav's plea to remain outside Bihar till the victim deposed before the trial court and felt that the RJD legislator should remain in jail till the victim records her statement "fairly and without any fear". It had said it was "more concerned" about the safety of the prosecutrix.
The top court had on October 18 directed the trial court not to record the testimony of the victim till October 24 after the state government submitted that she felt threatened due to the accused being out on bail.
Yadav had allegedly raped the minor girl at his residence in Biharsharif on February 6 this year. After evading arrest for a considerable time, he surrendered after a local court had issued proclamation notice and an order to attach his properties for not surrendering before the police.
Bihar Police, in its charge sheet, had also named a woman and her relatives as accused on the ground that they had been allegedly supplying women to the MLA representing Nawada Assembly constituency. RJD had suspended Yadav from the party on February 14, a day after his arrest warrant was issued.