Last Updated: October 13, 2023, 15:30 IST
Mukhtar Ansari is a five-time MLA from Mau Sadar constituency. (File Photo: PTI)
The high court reversed Ansari’s acquittal in the case by a special Lucknow MP-MLA court in December 2020 on an appeal filed by the state government.
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on an appeal filed by gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court sentencing him to five-year imprisonment in a 23-year-old case related to the Gangster Act.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi issued notice to the state government on the plea filed by Ansari.
The high court reversed Ansari’s acquittal in the case by a special Lucknow MP-MLA court in December 2020 on an appeal filed by the state government.
The special court had acquitted Ansari, a five-time MLA from Mau Sadar constituency, stating that the prosecution could not prove the offence against him beyond reasonable doubt.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
