SP chief Azam Khan acquitted in 2008 public property harm case

Incarcerated Samajwadi Get together chief Azam Khan has been acquitted by a particular MP-MLA court docket right here in a 17-year-old case associated to highway blockade and harm to public property, his lawyer stated on Wednesday.

The previous Uttar Pradesh minister was granted the aid on Tuesday.

“We produced seven witnesses in favour of Azam Khan whereas prosecutor Mohan Lal Vishnoi produced just one. Which led to victory for Azam Khan,” Khan's defence counsel Shahnawaz Sibtain Naqvi stated.
The case dates again to 2008, when Khan allegedly created disturbance close to Chhajlet police station after police eliminated the hooter from his automotive.

He, alongside along with his supporters, blocked the highway inflicting a site visitors jam.

The protest turned violent and a few electrical poles had been broken, resulting in the registration of a case in opposition to Khan.Police later filed a cost sheet and the matter went to trial. Regardless of a number of court docket orders, Khan didn't seem in court docket and averted surrendering for years earlier than the trial lastly concluded.

Whereas Khan stays lodged in Sitapur jail, the MP-MLA court docket acquitted him of all prices after listening to arguments from either side and reviewing the proof on report, Naqvi added.