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Abbas was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment in May this year, in a three-year-old hate speech case, leading to his disqualification from the membership of the House.

The Mau Sadar MLA, who had earlier lost his assembly membership after a conviction, will now be reinstated following the High Court order.

Abbas was convicted for a hate speech made during a 2022 poll rally in Paharpur while contesting as a Samajwadi Party-SBSP alliance candidate from Mau Sadar.

Assembly Principal Secretary Pradeep Dubey officially ended Abbas Ansari’s membership and issued a notification declaring the seat vacant.

Abbas’s election agent, Mansoor Ansari, who was present on stage during the controversial speech, was also convicted in the case and sentenced to six months in jail.

Earlier in the day, the bench directed UP Police to complete the probe against Ansari in a case under the Gangsters Act within 10 days.