HC rejected bail application of Uma Kant Yadav

Allahabad, Aug 22 (UNI) The Allahabad High Court has rejected a bail application of BSP MP Umakant Yadav, in a case related to allegedly fraudulent purchase of a piece of land.

Yadav has been accused of having executed a sale deed in his favour by producing a woman before the registrar with the false claim that she was the owner of the plot.

Rejecting the bail application of Yadav, Justice Shivshankar observed that the allegations shows that applicant is a land mafia and that he also has 41 cases registered against him of which 38 have been decided in his favour while four others are pending against him relating murder and attempt to murder.

Rejecting the bail application, Justice Shivshankar observed that releasing the MP on bail could enable him to influence the investigation.

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