Punjab E News (Chandigarh):- A district court has declared Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) head and former MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains a proclaimed offender (PO) in the rape case of 44-year-old woman after he failed to appear before the court on repeated summons, officials said.
The court of Ludhiana judicial magistrate Harsimranjit Kaur issued the order and observed that Bains skipped the court hearing and did not respond to warrants issued by the court.
Meanwhile, Bains now has been declared PO in two separate cases in the past four days.
In a separate case, the district court rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Bains in another case.