MLA Abbas Ansari Sentenced To 2 Years Imprisonment For Hate Speech-OxBig News Network

MP and MLA court docket in Uttar Pradesh has sentenced Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA Abbas Ansari to 2 years of imprisonment in a hate speech case.

The court docket has additionally sentenced, Abbas Ansari’s shut aide, Mansoor Ansari, to 6 months of imprisonment.

#UPDATE | Mau, Uttar Pradesh: MP/MLA Court sentenced Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA Abbas Ansari to 2 years of imprisonment in reference to the hate speech case.

Abbas Ansari’s shut aide, Mansoor Ansari, sentenced to six months of imprisonment https://t.co/szyOhwTBPV
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Abbas Ansari is the son of the lifeless mafia Mukhtar Ansari. 

After the decision was introduced, Advocate Daroga Singh stated, “While 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 will file an attraction in opposition to the order…”

Meanwhile, Joint Director Prosecution Chandrakesh Rai stated, “… The court docket has sentenced the MLA to 2 years’ imprisonment and a positive of Rs. 11,000. The accusations have been below sections 153(A) and 171(F). If somebody is convicted below these sections, then it isn’t only a 2-year imprisonment, the membership of the Legislative Assembly may also be taken away…”

A case was registered in opposition to Ansari for allegedly delivering a provocative speech in opposition to the Mau district administration through the mannequin code of conduct interval.

Earlier, the Allahabad High Court denied the anticipation bail to him in the identical case. He approached the highest court docket in opposition to the High Court’s December 2023 order. On December 19, 2023, the High Court rejected the anticipatory bail utility of Ansari and stated that wanting on the information and circumstances of the case, the offence was made out.

In the 2022 state meeting elections Abbas Ansari fought from the Sadar seat in Mau and secured the seat on a ticket from the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), the then-alliance associate of the Samajwadi Party.

(With ANI inputs)