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Rape accused ex-Union Minister Chinmayanand gets bail

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The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to former Union Minister Chinmayanand, who was in jail since September over allegations of sexually exploiting a law student. He was charged with abusing his position as a person in authority to "induce or seduce" a woman under his charge to have "sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape". He also faces charges of stalking, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.