Uttar Pradesh : Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan gets bail

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been granted bail by the Allahabad High Court. However, he will have to remain in jail. Today the court has granted him bail in the case of land grabbing. Two more cases are pending against him and are currently lodged in Sitapur Jail. Former minister and MP Azam Khan is contesting the assembly elections from Rampur seat. He is in jail since February 2020 and faces around 100 criminal cases ranging from buffalo and goat theft to land grabbing and electricity theft.

Azam Khan could not campaign in the assembly elections. The Supreme Court had refused to grant interim bail on February 8. Samajwadi Party candidate from Rampur seat, Azam Khan had demanded interim bail to campaign for himself and the party. It was said in the petition that deliberate slow action is being taken in the ongoing cases against him, so that he remains in jail for maximum time.

Allahabad High Court grants bail to Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan in connection with a land grab case. He will continue to be lodged in jail as judgement in two cases against him are reserved. He is currently lodged at Sitapur Jail in Uttar Pradesh.

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Let us inform that along with Azam Khan, his son Abdullah Azam Khan and wife Tajin Fatima have also been in jail for a long time. At present both are out on bail. Abdullah is contesting from Swar seat on a Samajwadi Party ticket.