Bahujan Samaj Party’s candidate from Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency of UP. MP Atul Kumar Singh alias Atul Rai Four accused including (MP Atul Kumar Singh alias Atul Rai) were acquitted by the Varanasi court in a gangster case. Special judge MP-MLA Avnish Gautam acquitted four people including BSP MP Atul Rai in a gangster case. The court said in the 50-page decision that after observing the facts of this case, it is clear that no evidence has been given by the prosecution for the conviction of the accused under gangster. It is required to be proved that a gang was being operated by the accused, who were deriving economic, material or other benefits from the crimes shown in the gang chart. By creating an atmosphere of fear among the public, they were disrupting public order for some profit motive. In this case, the prosecution has neither been able to prove the veracity of even one of the cases shown in the gang chart nor has been able to prove the alleged profits earned by the accused or the fact of their gang operations. The court said that the important fact is that no action was taken by the DM to confiscate any property illegally collected by the accused. Also, in case of earning undue material or economic benefits, details of any property were not given. The plaintiff has also not mentioned this in his complaint.
Advocates Anuj Yadav and Dilip Srivastava presented the MP’s side.
After analyzing all the evidence, the court said that the prosecution failed to prove that accused Sujit Singh alias Surjit Singh is the leader of his gang and accused MPs Atul Singh, Anil Kumar Mishra and Rajan Singh are members of that gang. In such a situation, all four accused are acquitted under the Gangster and Anti-Understanding Activities Act. Advocates Anuj Yadav and Dilip Srivastava presented the side of the accused MP in the court. According to the prosecution, on April 3, 2009, Inspector-in-charge Manduadih Dharamvir Singh, after studying the records, found that Sujit Singh is an illegitimate gang-related criminal and by forming an illegitimate gang, he is adopting the crime for the economic, social and material benefit of his gang and other members. Have made a profession. Sujit Singh is the leader of the gang and the main members of his gang are Atul Singh, Anil Mishra and Rajan Singh.
BSP MP said this in the court
Referring to four crimes against these people, a case under Gangster Act was registered against the four accused. The gang chart in this case was approved by the DM on 2 April 2009 and the court of Special Judge (Gangster) took cognizance of the charge sheet on 14 February 2011. A total of 19 witnesses were presented in this case by the prosecution. In his statement in the court, the MP said that I am absolutely innocent. Neither am I a gangster nor do I have any gang. I am a political and social and elected current MP heard by the public. By conspiracy of my opponents and under pressure from the ruling party, a false and false case has been filed. Let us tell you that Atul Rai had won from Ghosi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on BSP ticket.