NEW DELHI, May 5 -- The Allahabad High Court has adjourned the hearing of a criminal appeal filed by Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari challenging his conviction and four-year sentence in a gangsters Act case by a trial court of Ghazipur until May 13. The case under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 was initiated against Ansari following the killing of BJP MLA Krishna Nand Rai in 2005.

Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh directed to schedule the criminal appeal for the next hearing along with the UP government's appeal seeking enhancement of Ansari's sentence in the same gangsters Act case and the criminal revision filed by Piyush Rai, son of Krishna Nand Rai, also seeking enhancement of the sentence.

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