Abbas Ansari's life in danger! Said - killed in an encounter…
Expressing apprehension of being killed in an encounter, Uttar Pradesh mla abbas Ansari on friday requested the supreme court to allow him to appear through video conference in the lower court proceedings in a case registered under the gangster Act. Ansari has been elected mla from Mau constituency of the state on the ticket of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj party (SBSP). Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for abbas Ansari, son of gangster Mukhtar Ansari, informed the bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice N Kotishwar Singh that he (Abbas) was appearing in the court through video conference from Kasganj jail, but this facility has been stopped. Last year, five-time mla Mukhtar Ansari was admitted to rani Durgavati Medical college after suffering a heart attack in Banda jail, where he died during treatment.
Sibal said, 'Please allow me to appear through video-conference in court proceedings. Nowadays many things happen on the way from jail to court. people are killed while being taken from jail to court.'
The apex court is hearing Abbas' bail plea in a case of allegedly running a gang in the state's Chitrakoot district. The court sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on Abbas' plea and told Sibal that no argument related to 'virtual' hearing has been made in his petition.
Judge Justice Suryakant asked Sibal to go to the high court with the petition. Sibal said that going to the high court would mean that abbas would be taken to court by the time the case is heard.
The bench directed in its order that if he approaches the high court with his petition for hearing through video conference, it should be heard immediately. Sibal said abbas is accused of running a criminal gang in Chitrakoot, which is located 450 km from Kasganj, where he is currently lodged in jail. He said, 'This FIR has the same allegations as the case dismissed by the court. I (Abbas) have been in jail for one and a half years in this case. Please grant me bail.'
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