India, Sept. 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday sought the response of the Punjab government to a plea from Simranjit Kaur, the wife of Sanaur AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, seeking protection for him and his family's life and liberty.

The AAP MLA, has been on the run since September 2, when he fled from the house of his relative in Karnal soon after a Punjab Police team arrived to arrest him.

Patiala police had registered a case against Pathanmajra at the Civil Lines police station on September 1 on charges of rape, cheating, and criminal intimidation. The case was registered based on a complaint by a Zirakpur-based woman.

The plea claims apprehension of his being eliminated in a fake encounter by Punjab Police unde...