Court reserves order in Ansari hate speech case
After finishing his argument in the court on Monday morning, Ansari's advocate Daroga Singh said, "In reply to the objections filed by the special govt counsel against the appeal Ansari filed before the court of ADJ (MP-MLA) Rajiv Vatsa, we completed our arguments challenging the sentencing of Ansari and co-accused Mansoor by the CJM (MP-MLA) court on May 31."
After the completion of arguments, the court reserved its order, Singh said, adding that the court fixed July 5 to deliver its order.
"We raised objections on many points by mentioning that the CJM court overlooked the IT Act 196 CrPC. It was mentioned that Election Commission made the video viral by clarifying that it was recorded on March 2, 2022, while the FIR was lodged by mentioning it as a recording of March 3, 2022," said Singh, mentioning other points raised to challenge CJM (MP-MLA) court verdict.The CJM (MP-MLA) court of Mau on May 31 awarded two years' imprisonment to Ansari, who is the son of don-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, in the case of hate speech lodged against him on March 4, 2022.
While contesting the assembly election from the Mau Sadar seat, Ansari, in his Paharpur public meeting speech, targeted a govt officer on March 3, 2022 and its video went viralon social media, leading to the lodging of the case the next day.
Ansari won the election, but following the CJM (MP-MLA) court's decision, Ansari's membership from the state assembly was terminated. Mansoor, who was the proposer of Ansari in the 2022 Assembly election, was a co-accused in the case, and he also received a similar punishment from the court.
Ansari emerged victorious in the 2022 assembly polls from the Mau Sadar seat as a Samajwadi Party-Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party alliance candidate. However, he went behind bars following his arrest by the Prayagraj unit of the ED in a money laundering case in Feb 2023. He came out of jail in March.
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