<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today refused to grant protection from arrest to newly elected BSP MP from Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Atul Rai. <br />'' <br />'' He is accused of raping a college student from Varanasi.<br />'' <br />'' A vacation bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose said it was not inclined to entertain a petition to grant relief from arrest to Rai.<br />'' <br />'' Earlier, the apex court had also refused to grant interim protection from arrest to Rai.<br />'' <br />'' On 1st May, an FIR was registered against Rai on a complaint by a college student, alleging that he took her to his home on the pretext of introducing her to his wife but sexually assaulted her.<br />'' <br />''Rai's lawyer said in his petition that there was no provision for anticipatory bail in Uttar Pradesh, and since the high court on May 8 had dismissed Rai's petition seeking protection, he feared his client could be arrested in the case.</span><br />