Today, the Supreme Court of India refused to quash an FIR lodged in Uttar Pradesh against gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s son Umar Ansari in a hate speech case related to the 2022 state assembly poll campaign.
The division bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Pankaj Mithal said-
“We will not be quashing the FIR in a case where the high court has declined the relief. You will have to face the trial,”
Umar Ansari is facing criminal prosecution in the hate speech case along with his MLA brother Abbas Ansari. He is charged with sharing the dais in a rally in Mau district where his brother allegedly threatened government officials with payback.
The FIR in the case was lodged by revenue officer Surjan Lal at the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow on August 27, 2020.
It was alleged in the FIR that Mukhtar and his sons had usurped evacuee property by forging documents.
“A young boy will have to face the trial just because he took birth in that family. Moreover, the alleged remark was not made by him.”
While refusing to entertain the plea, the bench said its order will not come in the way when courts consider the plea during the subsequent trial and other proceedings.
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