Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan released from Sitapur jail

Sitapur, May 20: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was released from Sitapur district jail on Friday, a day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in an alleged case of cheating, relating to Kotwali police station in Uttar Pradesh.

 

 

He was received by Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, his son and MLA Abdullah Azam and a large number of supporters. After the release, Khan left for his native Rampur.

 

 

 

On Thursday, a bench of justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna granted interim bail to Khan, and also granted him the liberty to apply for regular bail before the concerned court within a period of two weeks. The Supreme Court also assured that the interim bail will be continued until the regular bail is decided by the competent court.

 

 

“The interim bail granted to the petitioner by the present order shall continue to operate till the decision of the competent court in the application for regular bail and in the event that the regular bail application is decided against the interest of the petitioner, the present interim bail shall continue to operate for a further period of two weeks from the date of the order passed by the Competent Court in the application for regular bail,” the bench said.

 

 

The apex courthad earlier expressed displeasure over the delay in the announcement of judgement by Allahabad high court on Khan’s bail plea and called it a ‘travesty of justice’. Last week, the Allahabad HC had granted Khan interim bail in the case related to wrongful possession of land.