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Decide SP leader’s appeal in 6 months: SC to Moradabad court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed a Moradabad court to decide within six months the appeal of Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan, son of SP leader Azam Khan, in a 2008 criminal case.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed a Moradabad court to decide within six months the appeal of Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan, son of SP leader Azam Khan, in a 2008 criminal case.
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal said the district and sessions court may treat Khan as juvenile on the date of offence while deciding his appeal against the conviction. A case was registered in 2008 against Khan and his father at the Chhajlet Police Station in Moradabad under Sections 341 (wrongful restraint) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of IPC.
It was alleged that they had blocked traffic after their vehicle was stopped by police for checking. Khan moved the apex court against an April 13, 2023 order of the Allahabad High Court, refusing to stay his conviction, which led to his disqualification as an MLA.
In February 2023, Khan was sentenced to two years’ in jail in the case by the Moradabad court. On Tuesday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khan, said a report on his claim of juvenility had come in his favour from the trial court.
He said Khan was seeking the suspension of his conviction till the pendency of the appeal. The bench said the sessions court was already hearing the appeal in the matter and the maximum it could do is ask the court for an expeditious disposal of the appeal against conviction.
