Abbas Ansari Disqualified From Meeting After Being Sentenced For two Years In 2022 Hate Speech Case

A day after a court docket in Mau sentenced Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Get together (SBSP) MLA Abbas Ansari to 2 years imprisonment in a hate speech case, the chief was disqualified from the Meeting on Sunday.

The Mau Sadar meeting seat in Uttar Pradesh was declared vacant after Ansari’s disqualification from the state meeting, ANI reported.

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The Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace (MP-MLA) court docket in Mau district on Saturday sentenced Abbas Ansari, the son of the useless mafia don, Mukhtar Ansari. Moreover, as per the Illustration of the Folks Act, a sentence of two years or extra can result in disqualification from holding public workplace, pending enchantment.

Abbas Ansari Case Particulars

As well as, Abbas Ansari’s shut aide, Mansoor Ansari, was additionally sentenced to 6 months of imprisonment. The previous was booked for delivering a provocative speech in opposition to the Mau district administration whereas the mannequin code of conduct was in place, in response to ANI.

Earlier, the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom refused anticipatory bail to him in the identical case. He approached the highest court docket in opposition to the HC’s December 2023 order.

An FIR was lodged in March 2022 at Kotwali police station in Mau district in opposition to Abbas Ansari, Umar Ansari, and others. Within the FIR, it was alleged that on March 3, 2022, at Pahadpura floor, Abbas Ansari, Umar Ansari, and organiser Mansoor Ahmad Ansari in a public assembly known as for settling a rating with the Mau administration.

Will File Enchantment…: Ansari’s Authorized Counsel 

After Ansari was sentenced, his authorized counsel, Advocate Daroga Singh, on Saturday, mentioned that they may strategy the upper court docket in opposition to the decision.

ANI quoted Advocate Daroga Singh as saying, “Whereas the trial was established, there was a sentence of solely six months. Later, after discussing this with the police, it was elevated to a number of sections, and now he has been sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment… We’ll file an enchantment in opposition to the order…”

In the meantime, Joint Director Prosecution Chandrakesh Rai had knowledgeable that the accusations have been underneath sections 153(A) and 171(F). 

“The court docket has sentenced the MLA to 2 years’ imprisonment and a effective of Rs. 11,000. The accusations have been underneath sections 153(A) and 171(F). If somebody is convicted underneath these sections, then it’s not only a 2-year imprisonment, the membership of the Legislative Meeting will also be taken away…” Joint Director Prosecution mentioned. 

Abbas Ansari fought and received on a ticket from the SBSP within the 2022 state meeting elections from the Sadar seat in Mau.

(with ANI inputs)