Archive · 1 Feb 2026
Police to challenge acquittal of SP leader Moid Khan
A court in Ayodhya recently acquitted a 72-year-old Samajwadi Party leader named Moid Khan in a rape case involving a 12-year-old girl.
However, his servant, Raju Khan, was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The police are now planning to challenge Moid Khan's acquittal in a higher court.
They also want to ask for a harsher punishment for Raju Khan.
The case started when the girl was taken to the hospital for stomach pain, and doctors found she was pregnant.
DNA tests showed that Raju Khan was the father, not Moid Khan.
The Samajwadi Party says Moid Khan was wrongly accused and that the case was politically motivated.
Police to challenge the acquittal of SP leader Moid Khan in a 2024 Ayodhya rape case.
Moid Khan's servant, Raju Khan, was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
DNA evidence matched Raju Khan, not Moid Khan, as the father of the victim's aborted fetus.
The prosecution plans to seek enhancement of Raju Khan's sentence and will file an appeal in the Allahabad High Court.
Samajwadi Party alleges the case was politically motivated and demands an apology from the BJP.
- Who
- Moid Khan (SP leader) and Raju Khan (servant)
- What
- Rape case and subsequent acquittal of Moid Khan
- When
- Case filed in July 2024, verdict on January 28, 2024
- Where
- Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Why
- Police believe there are lapses in the investigation and sufficient grounds for appeal
- Accused
- Moid Khan (72, SP leader) and Raju Khan (22, servant)
- Charges
- Sexual assault, recording the act, causing pregnancy
- Victim
- 12-year-old girl
- Verdict Date
- January 28, 2024
- Sentence
- Raju Khan: 20 years rigorous imprisonment
- Appeal
- Police to challenge acquittal in Allahabad High Court
- DNA Evidence
- Matched Raju Khan, not Moid Khan
