Allahabad High Court Rejects Abbas Ansari’s Plea In 2022 Hate Speech Case After Trial Ends
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The Allahabad High Court dismissed ex-MLA Abbas Ansari’s plea challenging a forensic report in a 2022 hate speech case. The court ruled the plea was infructuous as the trial had already concluded.
PRAYAGRAJ: Today, on June 25, the Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by former Mau MLA Abbas Ansari in connection with a hate speech case dating back to 2022.
The single-judge Bench of Justice Samit Gopal passed the order on Wednesday, stating that the petition had become infructuous (meaning, unnecessary or irrelevant) because the trial in the lower court has already been completed.
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Abbas Ansari, who is the son of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, had filed the petition to challenge a forensic report submitted in the case.
The report was related to an audio clip which allegedly contains a hate speech delivered by him. Ansari was facing criminal proceedings in a district court based on this audio evidence.
The petition sought to question the validity of the forensic analysis report that had been used during the trial to support the hate speech charges.
However, by the time the matter reached the High Court for hearing, the district court had already concluded the trial and delivered its judgment. Therefore, the High Court found no purpose in entertaining the petition at this stage.
Justice Samit Gopal, while dismissing the plea, observed that it had become ineffective as the lower court had already completed the proceedings.
The order stated:
“Since the trial itself is over, this petition is dismissed as infructuous.”
The case against Abbas Ansari was based on an FIR registered in 2022 under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code related to promoting enmity between groups and delivering provocative speeches.
The audio in question was reportedly circulated during the run-up to the state elections, and the forensic report was a crucial part of the prosecution’s evidence.
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The court did not go into the merits of the forensic report or the nature of the audio clip, as the case had already progressed to its conclusion in the trial court.
The High Court’s focus remained strictly on the procedural relevance of the petition, which was rendered void due to the trial’s completion.
The order effectively ends this particular legal route for Abbas Ansari to contest the forensic report. If he wishes to challenge any findings of the trial court, he would now have to approach an appellate court with a proper appeal against the final judgment.
This development also adds to the ongoing legal troubles of the Ansari family, especially in the wake of several criminal cases involving both Abbas Ansari and his father Mukhtar Ansari.
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The dismissal of this petition marks yet another instance where higher judicial forums have upheld the progression of legal proceedings without interference at the post-trial stage.
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