Travesty of Justice: SC on Delay in Hearing Bail Plea of SP Leader Azam Khan by Allahabad HC
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 7th May. The Supreme Court (SC) has expressed displeasure over the delay in hearing the bail plea of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan in a land grabbing case, quoting this is a ‘travesty of justice’.
A bench including Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai noted that Azam Khan has got bail in 86 out of 87 cases, and said it would hear the matter on May 11.
Azam Khan has been out on bail in all matters except one for so long, ‘this is travesty of justice’. We will not say anything more. We will hear it on Wednesday, the bench said.
The counsel appearing for the SP leader told the Supreme Court that the high court has reserved its judgement on the bail application.
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail application of Azam Khan in the case of grabbing of enemy property for his Mohammad Ali Jauhar University project.
The Allahabad high court on December 4, 2021 had reserved its decision. However, the state government later tendered an application and sought permission to present some latest facts through fresh affidavits, which were filed on Thursday.
An FIR was filed against Azam Khan and others for alleged grabbing of enemy property and fraud of public money of more than hundreds of crores of rupees.
The FIR was filed at police station Azem Nagar in Rampur under the IPC and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
It was charged in the FIR that during partition one Imamuddin Qureshi went to Pakistan and his land was recorded as enemy property, but Azam Khan in collusion with others grabbed the 13.842-hectare plot.
Earlier, the SC in February had refused interim bail to Azam Khan for campaigning in the Uttar Pradesh polls and asked him to approach the court concerned for expeditious disposal.
The plea filed by Azam Khan had contended that the State has adopted all means available to purposefully delay the proceedings so as to ensure that he is imprisoned during the recently held Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
Azam Khan is currently lodged in Sitapur jail in connection with a number of cases, including that of land grabbing, filed against him in Rampur.
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