Chandigarh, Jan. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday dismissed plea from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sanaur MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, seeking quashing of arrest warrants and proclamation proceedings initiated in a rape and cheating case registered in Patiala registered on the complaint of a Zirakpur woman.

The plea was taken up by the bench of justice Tribhuvan Dahiya, which ordered dismissal of the same after a brief hearing. During the hearing, the court questioned him on evading the law and was of the opinion that he should have joined the investigation. Detailed order is awaited.

The 50-year-old MLA has been on the run since September 2, when he fled from the house of his relative in Karnal moments after a Punjab Pol...