SC Adjourns Hearing Plea Of Mukhtar Ansari Against Conviction In Allahabad HC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday has deferred its hearing on a plea by the gangster-politician against an order of the Allahabad High Court sentencing him to 5 years of jail term in a 24-year-old case.

A bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal adjourned the hearing on Ansari’s plea on Tuesday. The bench observed, “He is a dreaded criminal. There are so many cases.”

Senior advocate Garima Prasad, appearing for the UP government, stated that Ansari spread “a reign of terror” in the state, to which the bench said, “he is behind bars now”.

Last year on October 13, the top court sought the response from the UP government on Ansari’s appeal against the high court order.

Prior to this, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on September 23 overturned Ansari’s acquittal and sentenced him to a 5 years of jail term in a case related to the Gangster Act.

The high court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Ansari as it overturned the acquittal order by a special MP-MLA court in 2020.

The FIR was lodged with Lucknow’s Hazratganj police in 1999 under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act.

A special court acquitted Ansari in 2020. The state filed an appeal against acquittal in 2021.

The special court acquitted Ansari, a 5 time MLA from Mau Sadar constituency, stating that the “prosecution couldn’t prove the offence against him beyond reasonable doubt”.

Meera Verma

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