The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Samajwadi Party leader and MP from Rampur constituency Azam Khan and his son Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan in a forgery case..The Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna stated that the duo be released on bail after trial court in UP records the statement of Azam Khan, within four weeks..The bail was granted in an appeal against the order dated November 26, 2020 passed by Allahabad High Court of rejecting bail to the father-son duo on apprehension of witness tampering..Allahabad High Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of Azam Khan .The two have been accused of forging the age of Abdullah in the birth certificate so as to enable him to contest the 2017 UP Assembly Elections..The High Court while denying bail observed that,“Having regard to the position and status of the accused persons, the repetition of the offences and the pervasive influence that applicants exercise in various departments of the State, there is a reasonable apprehension of the witnesses being influenced and danger to the course of justice being thwarted, said the bench Accordingly, in the circumstances, the grant of bail at this stage would not be in the public interest.”.The High Court order was passed on the three bail applications filed by the father-son duo. Azam Khan has been accused of offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code while Abdullah has been charged with offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC and Section 12(1A) Passport Act, 1967.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Samajwadi Party leader and MP from Rampur constituency Azam Khan and his son Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan in a forgery case..The Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna stated that the duo be released on bail after trial court in UP records the statement of Azam Khan, within four weeks..The bail was granted in an appeal against the order dated November 26, 2020 passed by Allahabad High Court of rejecting bail to the father-son duo on apprehension of witness tampering..Allahabad High Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of Azam Khan .The two have been accused of forging the age of Abdullah in the birth certificate so as to enable him to contest the 2017 UP Assembly Elections..The High Court while denying bail observed that,“Having regard to the position and status of the accused persons, the repetition of the offences and the pervasive influence that applicants exercise in various departments of the State, there is a reasonable apprehension of the witnesses being influenced and danger to the course of justice being thwarted, said the bench Accordingly, in the circumstances, the grant of bail at this stage would not be in the public interest.”.The High Court order was passed on the three bail applications filed by the father-son duo. Azam Khan has been accused of offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code while Abdullah has been charged with offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC and Section 12(1A) Passport Act, 1967.