By Rajesh Pandey
The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to Abbas Ansari, an MLA and son of gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari in a matter where a sale deed was allegedly got executed forcefully on pistol point.
The bail was granted by Justice Raj Beer Singh while allowing Abbas Ansari’s application seeking his release on bail.
As per facts of the case, a criminal case was got registered against Abbas Ansari in Kotwali Ghazipur in the year 2023 by one Fakhar alleging there in that in the year 2012 Abbas Ansari and others had got executed a sale deed of a land forcefully on pistol point. Even no consideration amount was paid to him, it was also alleged.
Earlier, during the course of hearing, Abbas’s counsel Upendra Upadhya had submitted that he was falsely implicated due to political rivalry. In support of his argument, he pointed out that the alleged incident was of 2012 for which an FIR was lodged in 2023.
However, while opposing the bail application, the additional advocate general PC Srivastava had contended that there was sufficient evidence against the applicant, hence he did not deserve bail.
After hearing both sides, the high court had reserved its order on August 1, 2024. One named co-accused had already been enlarged on bail in the matter.
Besides, Abbas Ansari, the bail has also been granted to his maternal uncle Aatif Raza and one Afroz in the same order.