HC grants bail to Sucha Singh Langah
High Court grants bail to Sucha Singh Langah in rape case Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted bail to former Akali Minister Sucha Singh Langah in alleged rape case on Monday morning. Earlier the complainant backtracked, telling the court that she was not the woman in the video that is at the core of the matter, and that police had pressured her to levy the charges. Langah, 61, a former MLA from Dera Baba Nanak segment in Gurdaspur district, was booked on September 29 last year, 11 days ahead of the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll. The FIR said the woman, who is a police constable, charged Langah with raping her repeatedly since 2009 using his influence as a top leader of the SAD, which later ousted him as she had even submitted a CD with a 20-minute video showing Langah having sex purportedly with her. She had also accused Langah of selling her properties using his political pressure. -PTC News
