Mukhtar sentenced to life imprisonment in gun licence case

This is the eighth case in which he has been sentenced in the past 18 months since September 2022 by different courts of Uttar Pradesh, and the second case in which he has been awarded life imprisonment.

In the recent case, the court convicted Ansari on Tuesday and then fixed Wednesday for pronouncing the quantum of punishment. After hearing the matter, MP/MLA court of special judge Avnish Gautam convicted him in the case under section 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and section 30 of the Arms Act.

Varanasi additional district government counsel (criminal), Vinay Kumar Singh, informed that the court sentenced a life term under sections 467 (forgery of valuable security) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, along with imposing a penalty of ₹1 lakh. An extra term of six months was added if the penalty is not paid, he said.