“However, the court continued the stay against the quantum of punishment sentenced by the CJM (MP-MLA) court. The court fixed July 25 as the next date of hearing. The court also granted bail to Ansari and the co-accused on furnishing bonds of Rs 50,000 each,” Singh said.Notably, while contesting the assembly election from the Mau Sadar seat, Ansari, in his Paharpur public meeting speech on March 3, 2022, targeted government officers. The video of the speech went viral on social media, leading to the registration of the case the next day.The co-accused Mansoor, who was the proposer of Ansari in the 2022 assembly election, also received similar punishment from the court.Ansari emerged victorious in the 2022 assembly polls from the Mau Sadar seat as a Samajwadi Party-Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party alliance candidate. However, he was arrested by the Prayagraj unit of the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case in February 2023 and was behind bars until March this year.
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