Mukhtar Ansari Granted Bail By Allahabad HC In Gangster Case

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to former MLA Mukhtar Ansari in a gangster case. The court however, has not imposed any restriction on the punishment.

New Delhi: Gangster Mukhtar Ansari, who has been in the jail for the last 12 years and 4 months, has been granted bail by the Allahabad High Court; his bail plea has been accepted by the high court on Monday, September 25, 2023. The court has also put a stay on the fine of Rs. 5 Lakhs that Mukhtar Ansari was supposed to pay according to the Ghazipur MP MLA Court. Bail has been granted to Ansari but the court has not stayed his punishment, that is to continue. Before this, the case was heard on September 20, 2023 and the court had reserved its decision after all the arguments were completed.

Mukhtar Ansari Granted Bail In Gangster Case

As mentioned above, Mukhtar Ansari has been granted bail in the gangster case, from Allahabad High Court today, September 25, 2023. Ansari had challenged the 10-year punishment he was given; he was given a jail sentence by the MP MLA Special Court of Ghazipur on April 29, 2023. For now, the gangster has been given bail in only one case.

A certificate had been filed in the High Court by Upendra Upadhyay, who is Mukhtar Ansari’s lawyer who had told the court that his client had been in jail for 12 years and 4 months; he argued during trial that Ansari had suffered more punishment than he was supposed to. A report was also sought from the Banda Jail Superintendent.

Allahabad High Court Also Bans Fine

Additional Advocate General Manish Goyal had opposed the bail application on behalf of the government but the single bench of Justice Rajbir Singh granted bail to Ansari and also banned the fine imposed on him, worth Rs. 5 Lakhs; no restriction has been imposed on the punishment. Mukhtar Ansari will not be able to come out of jail because he has been granted bail in only one of the many cases he has been convicted for.

Five-time former MLA, Mukhtar Ansari has been convicted for a total of six times and had faced five convictions in nine months. Mukhtar Ansari’s latest conviction was in a 32-year old murder case of Awadesh Rai, the elder brother of former Congress MLA Ajay Rai; for this case he was found guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment.