In a recent court ruling, gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been acquitted in a case involving an attempted murder in 2009.

According to government counsel Neeraj Kumar Srivastav, the case pertained to the charge of attempted murder (under IPC section 307) of an individual named Meer Hasan from Mohammadabad police station. The proceedings took place in the court of Additional Sessions Judge/First MP-MLA Durgesh.