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Rampur court overturns Azam Khan son’s conviction in passport case
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Rampur court overturns Azam Khan son’s conviction in passport case

The Indian Express·Manish Sahu·3 days ago
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Abdullah, the son of jailed senior Azam Khan, was convicted by a trial court last December, and has since been in jail. (file) A court in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday acquitted senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s son, Abdullah Azam Khan, in a case related to the alleged use of forged documents to obtain a passport. Abdullah, the son of jailed senior Azam Khan , was convicted by a trial court last December, and has since been in jail. The prosecution said it would challenge the session court’s order overturning Abdullah’s conviction and seven-year prison sentence in the Allahabad High Court. “We will move the High Court against the sessions court’s judgment allowing Abdullah Azam’s appeal in the passport case,” said Seema Singh Rana, the Additional District Government Counsel for Rampur. She added that Abdullah is unlikely to be released from jail immediately, as several other criminal cases are pending against him and he continues to face convictions in other matters.…

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