Last Updated on 29/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
Afzal Ansari, Samajwadi Party MP from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, Afzal Ansari has got a big relief. Allahabad High Court has cancelled the 4-year sentence given by Ghazipur MP-MLA Court under Gangster Act. After this decision, the threat to Afzal Ansari’s Lok Sabha membership has also been averted. After the stay on the sentence, his membership will remain intact. Let us tell you, in April last year, Ghazipur MP-MLA Court had sentenced Afzal Ansari to four years in the Krishnanand Rai murder case.
This case was registered against Afzal under the Gangster Act after the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005. Along with this, the court has also rejected the appeal of the Uttar Pradesh government and Krishnanand Rai’s son Piyush Kumar Rai to increase Afzal’s sentence in this case. Justice SK Singh, while hearing this case, passed an order to cancel the decision of the Ghazipur court.
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Both Afzal and Mukhtar were sentenced
On 29 April 2023, the MP-MLA court of Ghazipur convicted Afzal in the Gangster Act case and sentenced him to four years in jail. Apart from this, he was also fined Rs 1 lakh. The court also convicted Afzal’s brother Mukhtar Ansari and sentenced him to 10 years in jail. After this, Afzal became disqualified as an MP after which he filed an appeal in the High Court.
The decision was reserved on July 4
The High Court granted bail to Afzal on 24 July 2023, but refused to stay his conviction in this case. Due to which he was released from jail, but his membership of the Parliament was not restored. Also, he became ineligible to contest elections in future as the sentence given to him was more than two years. The Allahabad High Court reserved its decision in this case on 4 July 2024.