The Allahabad HC Monday set aside a lower court’s order convicting SP MP Afzal Ansari in a UP Gangster Act case linked to the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005.
Last year, the Ghazipur court had also sentenced Ansari to four years of imprisonment.
With the conviction now set aside, Ansari can continue as an MP. Out on bail, Ansari, had contested the LS elections from Ghazipur on a SP ticket and won.
Setting aside the conviction, Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh of the HC, said the prosecution could not prove its case and charges under Section 3(1) of the UP Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act against Ansari “beyond reasonable doubt”.
The judgment also cited Delhi trial court’s order acquitting Ansari in 2005 murder case of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.
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