Rampur (UP), Dec 23 (PTI) A particular classes court docket right here on Saturday acquitted Samajwadi Social gathering chief Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam in a 2019 try and homicide case whereas upholding their seven-year sentence in a four-year-old forgery case.
Particular Periods Choose Vijay Kumar granted Azam Khan, his son and two different family reduction within the try and homicide case for lack of proof, Senior Prosecution Officer Amarnath Tiwari mentioned.
It was alleged within the case that Azam Khan, Abdullah Azam and two of their family had threatened a neighbour to vacate a plot of land, following which police had filed a cost sheet in opposition to them underneath sections of the IPC, together with 307 (try and homicide) and 323 (inflicting grievous harm), Tiwari added.
Nevertheless, within the different case registered in 2019, the court docket rejected a plea by the SP chief, his spouse Tazeen Fatima and their son in opposition to the seven-year imprisonment awarded to them by a decrease court docket on October 19.
The trio had appealed in opposition to the judgement within the faux delivery certificates case within the particular classes court docket.
“On the completion of the listening to on the enchantment, Particular Periods Choose Vijay Kumar rejected the plea, stating that there have been no authorized errors within the judgement given by the decrease court docket,” Tiwari mentioned.
Azam Khan is presently lodged within the Sitapur jail, whereas Abdullah Azam and Tazeen Fatima are lodged within the Hardoi and Rampur prisons, respectively.
Azam Khan is a 10-term MLA and was additionally elected to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
Abdullah Azam, who gained from the Suar constituency within the 2022 meeting election on an SP ticket, was in February convicted by a Moradabad court docket in a 2008 case of wrongful restraint and assault on a public servant to discourage him.
Two days after being convicted and awarded a two-year jail time period within the case, Abdullah Azam was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Meeting. He moved the excessive court docket, searching for a keep of the conviction however was refused.
Beneath the provisions of the Illustration of the Folks Act (RPA), 1951, anybody sentenced to imprisonment of two years or extra shall be disqualified ‘from the date of such conviction’ and stay disqualified for an additional six years after serving time in jail.
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