'Hisab Kitab' Remark Case| Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict In MLA Abbas Ansari's Plea For Quashing Proceedings
The Allahabad High Court today reserved its verdict in criminal proceedings quashing the plea filed by Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari, the son of jailed politician Mukhtar Ansari in connection with the Hisab-Kitab Remark case.The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh reserved the verdict today after hearing arguments of counsels for Ansari and the State Government.The case against Ansari pertains to...
The Allahabad High Court today reserved its verdict in criminal proceedings quashing the plea filed by Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari, the son of jailed politician Mukhtar Ansari in connection with the Hisab-Kitab Remark case.
The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh reserved the verdict today after hearing arguments of counsels for Ansari and the State Government.
The case against Ansari pertains to an alleged statement by him threatening government officials with payback at a public rally in Mau district in March 2022, if the SP-SBSP alliance forms the government in the state.
The background of the case
Abbas Ansari, who contested and won the UP Assembly polls as a candidate of the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP)-Samajwadi Party alliance, had allegedly said in a public rally that after forming the government in the State, no government officials would be transferred for the first 6 months as he had a score to settle with them.
In connection with his alleged remark against the government officials, a first information report had been lodged against him under Sections 171F [Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election] and 506 [Punishment for criminal intimidation] of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Seeking to quash the charge sheet, Ansari had moved to the High Court.
The Counsel for Ansari has argued before the Court that the offence under Section 171F is non-cognizable and Section 506 was added as a consequence of Section 171F. It was further contended that since the local police wanted to arrest the petitioners, therefore, more grave offences such as Section 153A IPC had been added against Ansari.
It was further argued by the counsel for the petitioners that at no point in time, the Election Commission of India had issued any direction or recommendation for lodging a criminal case against the petitioners for the statement made by him on a public platform.
Advocate Upendra Upadhyay appeared for Ansari.
Case title - Abbas Ansari And Another v. State Of U.P.And 2 Others [APPLICATION U/s 482 No. 25838 of 2022]