SC issues notice to UP govt on Mukhtar Ansari's Gangster Act conviction appeal

By :  Agencies
Update: 2023-10-13 08:34 GMT
Gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari | File Photo

New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on an appeal filed by gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court sentencing him to five-year imprisonment in a 23-year-old case related to the Gangster Act.

A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi issued notice to the state government on the plea filed by Ansari.

The high court reversed Ansari's acquittal in the case by a special Lucknow MP-MLA court in December 2020 on an appeal filed by the state government.

The special court had acquitted Ansari, a five-time MLA from Mau Sadar constituency, stating that the “prosecution could not prove the offence against him beyond reasonable doubt”. PTI PKS DV DV

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