Pathanmajra, 51, was elected as an MLA in 2022 as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate. He is currently confined in Bathinda district jail. (File Photo) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued notices to the Punjab government seeking its reply by May 6 , on a criminal writ petition filed by AAP’s Sanaur MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, in jail in connection with a rape case, seeking protection of his life and liberty under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution. A bench of Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya issued the direction on plea by Pathanmajra, who has alleged a “clear and disturbing pattern of abuse of state machinery through multiple malicious, false and politically motivated criminal cases” registered against him solely because he is a vocal critic of the ruling dispensation, particularly its handling of the last year’s floods that caused massive damage across Punjab. Pathanmajra, 51, was elected as an MLA in 2022 as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate. He is currently confined in Bathinda district jail.…