Supreme Court grants interim bail to UP MLA Abbas Ansari

New Delhi, 7/3: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari in a case registered under the state’s Gangsters Act.

Ansari is an MLA from Mau constituency representing Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh directed Ansari, son of later gangster Mukhtar Ansari, to stay in his official accommodation in Lucknow and seek prior permission from authorities before visiting his constituency in Mau.