Mau court to hear Ansari plea on Jun 21
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Varanasi: The court of ADJ (MP-MLA) on Tuesday fixed Jun 21 as next date for hearing the appeal of disqualified MLA Abbas Ansari against his sentencing in the hate speech case by chief judicial magistrate (MP-MLA) court.
The awarding of a two-year imprisonment by the CJM (MP-MLA) court on May 31 led to termination of Abbas's membership from state assembly.
Ansari's advocate, Daroga Singh, said with beginning of the hearing before ADJ (MP-MLA) Rajiv Vatsa, district govt council (criminal) received copy of the appeal and sought time to file objection, after which, court fixed Jun 21 as next date for hearing, he added. Ansari was sentenced in a case lodged against him on Mar 4, 2022, after his speech delivered at a meeting in the Paharpur area on Mar 3, 2022, went viral on social media.
While contesting the 2022 assembly polls from Mau Sadar seat as Samajwadi Party-Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party alliance candidate, Ansari, in his Paharpur speech on Mar 3, 2022, had said, "After formation of SP-led govt, officials would have to give 'hisab-kitab' (account) of their work of the past regime before getting transferred."
Ansari won the election, but went behind bars following his arrest by the Prayagraj unit of enforcement directorate in a money laundering case in Feb 2023. He came out of jail in Mar. With completion of hearing in the 2022 hate speech case at the CJM (MP-MLA) court, Ansari was awarded two years imprisonment, after which he lost membership of the assembly.
Against the CJM court's decision, Ansari moved his appeal before the sessions court on Monday. The session court transferred the case to the court of ADJ (MP-MLA) Rajiv Vats, where the initial hearing took place on Tuesday.
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