A court here on Monday granted three weeks to Delhi police to procure requisite sanctions from the authorities concerned to prosecute Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire which killed 59 people, for allegedly playing fraud while getting his passport renewed.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma directed the Investigating Officer (IO) to ensure that the sanctions are procured by February 21, when the court will further hear the matter.