Lucknow, Oct 16 (PTI) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted bail to Samajwadi Party leader Moid Ahmad, accused in the alleged 2024 gang rape of a 12-year-old girl in Ayodhya.

A single bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia passed the order on the bail plea of Ahmad.

The accused pleaded that he was falsely implicated in the case for political reasons. In his plea, Ahmad also said he is 71-year-old and that the victim's statements and the FIR did not mention the exact date and time of the incident.

The plea also said that the girl (rape survivor) and her mother had already been examined in the case, hence there was no question of influencing the witnesses now.

While opposing the bail plea on behalf of the state government, it was said that the accused and his accomplice R

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