Prayagraj: Performing on the bail cancellation utility moved by the Uttar Pradesh authorities, the MP and MLA court docket right here on Monday cancelled the bail granted to mafia-turned-politician and former MP, Atiq Ahmad, in a prison case whereby he had allegedly kidnapped the important thing witness of Bahujan Samaj social gathering (BSP) MLA Raju Pal homicide case and had additionally compelled him to show hostile on this case.
This bail was granted to Atiq Ahmad earlier by the classes court docket, Prayagraj within the 12 months 2017.
Permitting the applying filed by the state authorities, Particular Choose, MP and MLA court docket, Dinesh Chandra Shukla cancelled the bail of Atiq, observing, “Crime is a dangerous act for the society. The discharge on bail doesn't imply that one ought to commit the crime once more after his launch.”
The court docket additional added that the accused (Atiq) was indulging in prison actions after being launched on bail, as based on the police report, 75 prison instances are registered in opposition to him. “Therefore, in view of the seriousness of the crime and likewise the circumstances and within the mild of the rules propounded by the apex court docket, the bail deserves to be cancelled,” the court docket additional added.
Within the 12 months 2017, Umesh Pal, a witness within the Raju Pal homicide case, had filed a report that he was kidnapped and pressured to retract his assertion within the case. He alleged that after being kidnapped, he had handed over a paper and was requested to learn it and provides an announcement within the court docket accordingly. He was threatened that if he didn't achieve this, he could be minimize to items.
Raju Pal was shot lifeless in broad daylight in Prayagraj on January 25, 2005, and Atiq is without doubt one of the accused on this sensational homicide case. A CBI inquiry was ordered by the Supreme Court docket in 2016 on this case.
Raju Pal was murdered barely three months after he received Allahabad (West) meeting seat in his electoral debut by defeating Atiq’s youthful brother Ashraf. The by-election was necessitated after Atiq, a five-time MLA from the seat, bought elected to Lok Sabha from Phulpur parliamentary seat.
Subsequently, Ashraf wrested the seat as Samajwadi Celebration (SP) candidate within the by-poll that adopted Raju Pal’s homicide. Nonetheless, subsequently, Raju Pal’s widow Puja Pal, whereas contesting as a BSP candidate, defeated Ashraf within the 2007 meeting election. She retained the seat in 2012, regardless of her social gathering BSP’s defeat within the meeting polls.