Varanasi: A special MP/MLA court in Varanasi on Wednesday sentenced Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in a 36-year-old fake arms licence case.
The court had on Tuesday convicted him and had fixed March 13 for pronouncing the quantum of punishment. Ansari who is at present in Banda Jail appeared in the court through videoconferencing.
Ansari, the five-time MLA from Mau in Uttar Pradesh, was held guilty in the case under Section 428 (mischief), 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.
Ansari had obtained licence for a double-barrel gun with fake signatures of the then District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Ghazipur. On December 4, 1990, when the fraud was exposed, the CB-CID lodged a complaint with the police and a case was registered under various sections of IPC against five persons, including Mukhtar Ansari, at Mohadabad police station, Ghazipur.
According to police, Ansari has around 60 criminal cases pending against him in different courts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, New Delhi and other states. He has so far been convicted in seven cases.
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