Arms licence misuse case: Allahabad HC grants interim relief to Afzal Ansari

Allahabad High Court granted interim relief from arrest to Samajwadi MP Afzal Ansari in an arms licence misuse case.

The relief is valid until August 10, the next hearing date, and was granted by Justices Siddharth Varma and Achal Sachdev.

An FIR was registered against Ansari and two arms clerks under charges including cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy, and Arms Act provisions.

The case involves missing official records and irregularities in firearm transactions linked to Ansari's licence.