Prayagraj, Aug. 20 -- The Allahabad High Court today stayed the 2-year jail sentence of former MLA Abbas Ansari, son of "mafia" late Mukhtar Ansari.
As a fallout, Abbas Ansari's the assembly membership would be reinstated and there would be no need for holding by-elections in the Mau assembly seat.
The judgement was delivered by a single Bench of Justice Sameer Jain.
The High Court has accepted Abbas Ansari's petition and cancelled the 2-year sentence given to him by the MP MLA Special Court Mau.
The High Court had reserved its decision on July 30 after the completion of the arguments of both the sides, and gave its verdict today.
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