Chandigarh, Sept. 25 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday sought response from the Punjab government on a plea from AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura challenging his conviction in a 12-year-old molestation and assault case involving a woman from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community.

The bench of justice Tribhuvan Dahiya sought response by October 1.

Legislator from Khadoor Sahib, Lalpura was awarded four years in prison by a Tarn Taran court on September 10.

The court awarded the sentence to the sitting MLA under the SC/ST Act for four years, three years under Section 354, one year under Section 506 and one year under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. The trial court had convicted six others also.

According to the prosecu...