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New Delhi: The Supreme Court bench has permitted Abbas Ansari to attend private prayer of his father late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari.
The Supreme Court Bench of Justice Surya Kant Wednesday granted interim bail and permitted Abbas Ansari to visit his native place in Ghazipur between June 10 and 12th under police custody to attend private prayers for his deceased father Mukhtar Ansari.
Supreme Court Bench asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to ensure that the dignity and self-respect of female family members are maintained while it accompany him at his residence.
Abbas had also granted bail for ‘fatiha’ ritual
Earlier, the Bench, also comprising Justice KV Viswanathan, had granted interim bail to Abbas Ansari, who is currently detained in Kasganj district jail, to attend the ‘fatiha’ ritual on April 10 of his late gangster-turned-politician father Mukhtar Ansar
It had ordered the Ghazipur district administration to verify if there were other rituals to take place from April 11 onwards and allowed the petitioner to participate in such rituals while in police custody. “If there are no rituals, still the petitioner will be allowed to meet his family members and relatives on April 11 and 12,” the apex court had said.
The Supreme Court had taken note of the fact that the petitioner could not attend the funeral of his father since he was under judicial custody.
