HC grants bail to former Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki in arson case, but rejects stay on conviction
The Hindu
Allahabad High Court grants bail to former Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki, rejects plea for stay on conviction.
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (November 14, 2024) granted bail to former MLA of the Samajwadi Party Irfan Solanki but rejected his plea seeking stay on conviction in a case of setting a woman's house on fire.
A bench of Justices Rajiv Gupta and Surendra Singh also dismissed the appeal of the State government seeking enhancement of sentence.
A special court in Kanpur had on June 7, 2024 sentenced Solanki and four others for setting a woman's house on fire in Jajmau area.
New Act proposes special courts with powers of Civil Court, 14 years imprisonment and fine of up to market price of property for those convicted of land grabbing. The alarming increase in land-grabbing cases poses a serious threat to the landowners, causing apprehension of insecurity, says Minister for Revenue Satya Prasad while introducing the Bill seeking to enact ‘Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2024’.