The Allahabad High Court granted bail to former MP Dhananjay Singh but denied š ·his request to suspend or stay a seven-year imprisonment sentence from a 2020 kidnapping and extortion case.
Following the court's decision, Singh will be released on bail but remains ineligible to contest elections.
The Allahabad High Court granted bail to former MP Dhananjay Singh but denied š ·his request to suspend or stay a seven-year imprisonment sentence from a 2020 kidnapping and extortion case.
Following the court's decisioš¹n, Singh will be released on bail but remains ineligible to contest elections.
Singh was on Saturday shiftšed from district jail here to Bareilly jail.
In March, the MP-MLA court in Jaunpur sentenced Singh and his associate Santosh Vikram to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and extorting Abhinavź§ Singhal, a manager with the Namami Gange project.
Justice Sanjšay Kumar Singh, after hearing their criminal appeal on April 24, reserved the order.
The appeal was lodged against the judgement issued by the specialź¦ judge of Jaunpur MP/MLA on March 6.
Right after the šannouncement of his bail, Singh's wife Srikala Reddy addressed the press on Saturday where she said, "My husband's only fault is that he is fearless. He never compromised while fighting your battle and has continued to serve the people ź¦of Jaunpur."
is standing for election in the Jaunpur parliaš„mentary constituency on the Bahujan Samaj Party ticket.
Singh had reportedly planned to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Jaunpāur but his convictš¹ion rendered him ineligible.