{"id":316890,"date":"2024-03-13T17:15:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T11:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=316890"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T11:58:18","slug":"1990-fake-arms-license-case-varanasi-court-sentences-up-mukhtar-ansari-life-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/03\/13\/1990-fake-arms-license-case-varanasi-court-sentences-up-mukhtar-ansari-life-imprisonment\/","title":{"rendered":"[1990 Fake Arms License case] Varanasi Court sentences former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Varanasi Court:<\/span> In a 1990 fake arms license case, the Court sentenced gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">He was convicted under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">467<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">120-B<\/a> and Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">420<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">468<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;). He was also convicted under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001567310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002775593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arms Act, 1959<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In 1987, Mukhtar Ansari applied to the district magistrate, Ghazipur, for a double-barrel gun license. Afterwards, the arms license was acquired using forged signatures of both the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police. In 1990, when this was exposed by the Crime Branch, Crime Investigation Department, a complaint was filed with the police. Subsequently, based on this complaint, a case was registered in Ghazipur against five individuals, including Mukhtar Ansari.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">He is currently incarcerating in Banda jail, UP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also read:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/05\/former-mla-mukhtar-ansari-convicted-in-32-year-old-awadhesh-rai-murder-case-by-a-up-court-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UP Court convicts former MLA Mukhtar Ansari in 32-year-old Awadhesh Rai murder case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/05\/15\/allahabad-high-court-grants-full-and-proper-security-to-mukhtar-ansari-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why did Allahabad High Court grant full and proper security to Mukhtar Ansari?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/09\/24\/allahabad-high-court-rigorous-imprisonment-mukhtar-ansari-examination-in-chief-jailer-cross-examination-hostile-witness-public-servant-public-duty-criminal-intimidation-intentional-insult-with-int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allahabad High Court convicts former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari for threatening jailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/03\/30\/courts-cant-be-helpless-bystanders-when-prisoner-opposes-transfer-from-one-prison-to-another-read-why-supreme-court-transferred-mukhtar-ansaris-custody-to-uttar-pradesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Courts can&#8217;t be helpless bystanders when prisoner opposes transfer from one prison to another; Read why Supreme Court transferred Mukhtar Ansari&#8217;s custody to Uttar Pradesh.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><b>Source:<\/b> Press<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Penal Code, 1860 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"penal code, 1860\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-650x433.jpg 650w, 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