Allahabad HC sets aside Afzal Ansari's conviction, to remain MP

The Allahabad high court on Monday set aside Ghazipur MP-MLA court order sentencing Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari for four years in the murder of former Bharatiya Janata Party Janata Party Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai, PTI reported. The high court order means that Ansari will continue as the Lok Sabha MP from Ghazipur.

The high court's Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh on July 4 had reserved the judgment on hearing Ansari's appeal.

Afzal Ansari, the brother of deceased gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was convicted by an MP-MLA court in Ghazipur last year in the abduction and murder case pertaining to the killing of former MLA Krishnanand Rai.  He was sentenced to four years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of ₹1 lakh.