PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 6 -- The Allahabad high court has dismissed an appeal filed by former MP Dhananjay Singh against the acquittal of the accused in the 2002 Nadesar Taksal shootout case of Varanasi that was registered under the Gangsters Act .

The court, in its judgment dated December 4, stated that crimes registered under the Gangsters Act are against the state and society, and therefore, individual complainants do not have the right to file an appeal.

Justice Laxmikant Shukla found Dhananjay Singh's appeal inadmissible, stating that the state alone has the right and responsibility to prevent anti-social activities. No individual can be given the right to interfere in the state's jurisdiction, the court said.

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