Dual PAN card case: Allahabad HC ne Azam Khan aur bete Abdullah ko di zamaanat, sazaa suspend — par conviction par rok nahi, chunav ladne par pabandi barkaraar
Justice Samit Gopal ki single bench ne Guruvaar ko dono ki sazaa suspend kar zamaanat di, lekin conviction par stay ki maang thukra di. Reports ke mutabik isse 2027 ke UP chunav mein dono ki ummeedvaari par rok bani rahegi.
Samajwadi Party ke varishth neta Azam Khan aur unke bete Abdullah Azam Khan ko Guruvaar, 29 October ko Allahabad High Court se badi raahat mili. The News Mill ki report ke mutabik Justice Samit Gopal ki single-judge bench ne dual PAN card maamle mein dono ko zamaanat de di aur trial court ki sunaayi sazaa ko suspend kar diya. Court ne dono pakshon ki dalilein sunne ke baad 15 October ko faisla surakshit rakha tha.
Lekin court ne conviction par stay lagaane ki maang thukra di. The Daily Jagran ki report ke mutabik November 2025 mein Rampur ki special MP/MLA court ne dono ko dhokhadhadi, jaalsaazi aur aapraadhik saazish ki dharaon mein doshi tehraaya tha aur Azam Khan ko 10 saal tatha Abdullah ko 7 saal ki sazaa sunaayi thi. Report ke mutabik Representation of the People Act ke tahat do saal ya usse zyada ki sazaa waala conviction chunav ladne se rokta hai, isliye conviction barkaraar rehne se dono 2027 ke UP Vidhan Sabha chunav nahi lad paayenge, jab tak koi oonchi adaalat conviction par rok na lagaaye.
Maamla 2019 mein BJP neta Akash Saxena ki shikaayat se shuru hua tha, jismein aarop hai ki Abdullah Azam ne alag-alag janm-tithi waale do PAN card banwaaye aur istemaal kiye. Ek alag maamle mein, reports ke mutabik Enforcement Directorate ne 28 October ko money laundering jaanch ke tahat Azam Khan ki Mohammad Ali Jauhar University ki zameen aur imaaraton ko attach kiya hai; is par Azam Khan paksh ki pratikriya reports mein nahi hai.