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Time of India
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Ex-MLA Abbas Ansari's pleaagainst conviction rejected
1 2 Varanasi: Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Gangster/MP-MLA Court) in Mau district on Saturday dismissed appeal of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari 's son and former MLA, Abbas Ansari, against his conviction in a 2022 hate speech case. The court, however, while granting bail to Ansari and co-accused Mansoor, allowed further hearing on Jul 25 of the plea challenging the quantum of punishment awarded to Ansari by the CJM (MP-MLA) court . The decision keeps up Ansari camp's hope alive regarding restoration of his Assembly membership, which was terminated after the CJM court sentenced him to two years' imprisonment on May 31. Abbas was sentenced for delivering a hate speech at a public meeting in Pahadpur during electioneering in Mar 2022 when he contested as a Samajwadi Party-Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party alliance candidate for the Mau Sadar assembly seat. After the court delivered its order on Saturday, Ansari's advocate, Daroga Singh, said, "Additional District and Sessions Judge (Gangster/MP-MLA Court) Rajeev Kumar Vats dismissed our appeal challenging the conviction in this case. However, it continued the stay against the quantum of punishment sentenced by the CJM (MP-MLA) court and fixed Jul 25 as next date for further hearing. The court also granted bail to Ansari and the co-accused on furnishing bonds of Rs 50,000 each. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like One of the Most Successful Investors of All Time, Warren Buffett, Recommends: 5 Books for Turning... Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Click Here Undo " Daroga Singh said, "After conviction, court fixes quantum of punishment. The CJM court sentenced the maximum punishment, which we challenged at the session court. On the basis of facts, we have challenged it. Since court has full authority to minimise quantum of punishment or even cancel it, hope for justice is alive." Ansari lost his assembly membership when the CJM (MP-MLA) court of Mau on May 31 awarded him two years' imprisonment in the case of hate speech lodged against him on Mar 4, 2022. While contesting the assembly election from the Mau Sadar seat, Ansari, in his Paharpur public meeting speech, targeted a govt officer on Mar 3, 2022, and its video went viral on social media, leading to lodging of the case the next day. The co-accused, Mansoor, who was proposer of Ansari in the 2022 assembly election, was awarded similar punishment. Ansari emerged victorious in 2022 assembly polls from the Mau Sadar seat as a Samajwadi Party-Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party alliance candidate, but went behind bars following arrest by Prayagraj unit of enforcement directorate in a money laundering case in Feb 2023. He was released from jail in March this year.
Time of India
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Mau court to hear Ansari plea on Jun 21
1 2 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.
