The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday fixed July 30 to hear the revision plea of Abbas Ansari, son gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari.
Ansari moved court challenging the order of MP-MLA court at Mau which rejected his plea for a stay on his conviction.
On Tuesday appearing before Justice Samir Jain, the additional advocate general M C Chaturvedi sought time to
prepare the case following which the deferred the matter to July 30.The MP-MLA court on July 5 rejected his plea.
Ansari was convicted and sentenced under Sections 153-A (promoting enmity among different groups) and 189 (threat of injury to a public servant) to two years’ imprisonment in a 2022 hate speech case on May 31. He was also saddled with a Rs 2,000 fine.