Akshay Pratap Singh alias Gopal ji has been convicted by a court in a case of cheating and forgery registered against him under IPC sections 420, 468 and 471.
Akshay Pratap is said to be a close aide of Raja Bhaiya and a candidate of Jansatta Dal Loktantrik in the upcoming MLC elections.
Jansatta Dal Loktantrik is political party of Raja Bhaiya, who was re-elected MLA in the just concluded UP assembly elections.
The MP/MLA court, which found Akshay Pratap guilty of obtaining an arms (revolver) licence on a fake address, will announce the quantum of sentence on March 22. The court has summoned Akshay Pratap on that day at 10.30 am.
Akshay Pratap is a resident of Jamo area in Amethi. According to reports, he obtained the revolver licence by showing his address as that of Pratapgarh.
The then police station in charge had filed a case against him in 1997 at Nagar Kotwali. The case was going on in the MP/MLA court.
Akshay Pratap did not appear in court during the hearing on Tuesday.