HC reserves order on bail plea of Irfan Solanki in house arson case
Hindustan TimesThe Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its order on a bail application of ex- MLA of Samajwadi Party, Irfan Solanki in house arson case of Kanpur district. The above order was passed by a division bench comprising Justice Rajiv Gupta and Justice Surendra Singh after hearing counsel for the Irfan Solanki, state government’s counsel and complainant’s counsel. It is to recall that on the charges of setting on fire the house of one Fatima, a resident of defence colony in Jajmau area, the special court of Kanpur had convicted and awarded a sentence of seven years imprisonment to Irfan Solanki, the then MLA of Kanpur cantt, along with four others in its judgment dated June 7, 2024. Along with the appeal, Irfan Solanki has also filed an application for bail as well as for stay of sentence that is being heard by the court in the pending appeal.