HC grants bail to former superintendent of Chitrakoot jail
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad excessive court docket has granted bail to former superintendent of Chitrakoot district jail, who was arrested for allegedly facilitating the unlawful assembly between Mau MLA Abbas Ansari (son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari) and his spouse Nikhat Bano.
Throughout investigation, it was found that Nikhat used to fulfill Abbas contained in the jail for 3 to 4 hours each second or third day. Her visits had been facilitated by native jail authorities, and never logged within the jail register.
A single-judge bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi authorized the bail plea of Ashok Kumar Sagar on August 29. He was in jail since March 6 this 12 months.
Showing on behalf of the applicant, advocate Amit Chaudhary argued earlier than the court docket that every one fees levelled in opposition to the jail superintendent had been fabricated and he was wrongly implicated within the case.
“Deputy jailor Chandrakala was in-charge of facilitating the assembly of jail inmates and guests,” stated Chaudhary. “Jailor Santosh Kumar was in-charge of the barrack wherein Abbas Ansari was lodged,” he added.
“Nonetheless, deputy jailor Piyush Pandey was in cost as Santosh Kumar was on go away from February 8, 2023. Pandey was made a witness within the case,” Chaudhary identified.
Nikhat was arrested on February 11 this 12 months from the VVIP visitor room adjoining to the jailor’s workplace contained in the Chitrakoot jail.
Throughout investigation, it was found that she used to fulfill Abbas contained in the jail for 3 to 4 hours each second or third day. Her visits had been facilitated by native jail authorities, and never logged within the jail register.
Abbas Ansari was relocated to the Kasganj district jail after the incident got here to mild.
Seven individuals had been arrested within the case, together with Nikhat. The Supreme Courtroom granted her bail on August 11.
Abbas’ father, gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, is serving a jail sentence and faces trial in a number of instances as a part of a crackdown ordered by chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Abbas was himself arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November 2022 in reference to a cash laundering case.
