The Allahabad HC Today (April 27th) granted bail to former MP Dhananjay Singh but refused his plea to suspend or stay a 7-year imprisonment sentence passed by a district court in a 2020 kidnapping and extortion case. After the HC order, Singh will be released on bail but he cannot contest the election.
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UP: The Allahabad High Court today approved bail for the former MP, Dhananjay Singh, in relation to a kidnapping and extortion case from 2020. However, the court declined his request to suspend or stay the seven-year imprisonment sentence that was previously handed down by a district court.
Dhananjay Singh, along with his associate Santosh Vikram, had been convicted on March 6 by the MP-MLA court in Jaunpur for the kidnapping and extortion of Abhinav Singhal, the project manager of Namami Gange. Both were sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.
The appeal against this sentence was considered on April 24, and Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Allahabad High Court reserved the decision after hearing the criminal appeal filed by Singh and Vikram.
While Singh has secured bail, the terms stipulate that he remains ineligible to contest elections. This legal outcome affects his earlier plans to run for the Lok Sabha elections from the Jaunpur seat. His conviction prohibits him from participating in the election process.
In the meantime, Singh’s wife, Srikala Reddy, is actively engaged in politics, contesting the Jaunpur parliamentary constituency under the Bahujan Samaj Party banner.
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