Uttar Pradesh News / Allahabad High Court grants bail to Dhananjay Singh, ban on sentence of 7 years

Uttar Pradesh News: Former Jaunpur MP Dhananjay Singh has got a big relief from Allahabad High Court. The High Court has granted him bail. The High Court has stayed his seven-year sentence. The single bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh of Allahabad High Court gave this decision. Dhananjay Singh was sentenced to 7 years in the kidnapping and extortion case. Let us tell you that Dhananjay Singh had challenged the decision of the trial court.

Dhananjay Singh will not be able to contest Lok Sabha elections

Along with relief to jailed former MP Dhananjay Singh, the High Court has also given a blow. The High Court has not stayed the order of the lower court. That means Dhananjay Singh can come out of jail but cannot contest Lok Sabha elections. Let us tell you that this morning itself Dhananjay Singh was being shifted from Jaunpur to Bareilly jail. Meanwhile this decision came.

Allahabad HC stays sentence of seven years

Let us tell you that on Wednesday, Dhananjay Singh's petition was heard in Allahabad High Court, but the debate could not be completed. The hearing was held again on Thursday in the single bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh. After hearing the arguments of both the parties, the court had reserved the decision. On Saturday, the court gave its verdict in favor of Dhananjay Singh. The court stayed his seven-year sentence.

Was sentenced to 7 years in kidnapping-extortion case

Actually, everyone was waiting for this decision. But the court upheld the trial court's order for him not to contest the elections. Under this, he will no longer be able to contest Lok Sabha elections. It was believed that after the decision, the way would be cleared for Dhananjay Singh to contest the Lok Sabha elections but this did not happen. Let us tell you that in the case of kidnapping and extortion of Namami Gange project manager Abhinav Singhal, the MP-MLA court of Jaunpur had sentenced Dhananjay Singh to 7 years imprisonment.

What did Dhananjay Singh's lawyer say?

Dhananjay Singh's lawyer said, a request was made to the court stating all the merits of the case. Our conviction should be stayed but the court has its own decision. As far as the court found us justified, our sentence was stayed and we were granted bail. We want to take this case to the Supreme Court to get the conviction stayed.