The Supreme Court on December 14 granted interim relief to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Afzal Ansari under the bench led by Justice Surya Kant. It suspended the conviction of Ansari in the 2007 Gangster Act Case which in turn restored his status as a legislator. The court has allowed Afzal Ansari to attend the proceedings however conditional. Ansari’s conviction will remain suspended till the final disposal of his plea, the court clarified. A detailed order is awaited.
The court has imposed conditions that Ansari cannot cast a vote in Lok Sabha. The court also directed the Allahabad High Court to dispose of Afzal Ansari’s appeal by June 30.
The Uttar Pradesh government has opposed the plea filed by Afzal Ansari seeking suspension of his conviction in a Gangster Act case. Afzal Ansari has challenged the Allahabad High Court order which refused to stay the trial court order convicting him of a Gangster Act Case.
Afzal Ansari was later disqualified as a member of Lok Sabha representing the Ghazipur Parliamentary Constituency upon his conviction by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, MP/MLA Court, Ghazipur.
Afzal Ansari, brother of Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari, was convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment in a Gangster Act case by a trial court in Uttar Pradesh. Later he moved to the Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on his conviction in the matter. Allahabad HC granted bail to him but refused to stay the trial court order convicting him in the case.
ANI
