LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s MLA son Abbas Ansari in connection with an arms licence case. The bench had earlier reserved its order on August 26.
The bench of Justice D K Singh passed the order on the plea moved on behalf of Ansari. Passing the order, the bench said that the arms recovered from him were of prohibited category in shooting sports, and as such, the offences were of very serious nature. The bench also took notice of the fact that Abbas was already declared an absconder from a lower court.