News Uttar Pradesh Allahabad High Court grants bail to gangster Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal

Allahabad High Court grants bail to gangster Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal

Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 4 years in prison in a Gangster Act Case.

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The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s brother Afzal Ansari. The High Court the court has refused to stay the four-year sentence in the gangster case. Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 4 years in prison in a Gangster Act Case.

He is currently lodged in Ghazipur jail. Ansari was disqualified as a member of Lok Sabha in May following his conviction and sentence to a four-year jail term in a criminal case. He had filed an appeal in the High Court seeking a stay on the sentence and release on bail.