By Rajesh Pandey
The Allahabad High Court has adjourned till September 4, 2024 the hearing of a criminal revision filed by senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan challenging the two years’ sentence awarded to him by Rampur court in a hate speech case.
It is alleged that Azam Khan had delivered a hate speech in Rampur district during the Lok Sabha election of 2019 on April 8 against the chief minister Yogi Adityanath and district magistrate Rampur. In this connection, a criminal case against him was registered at Shahjadnagar police station of Rampur district.
Hearing the criminal revision filed by Mohammad Azam Khan, Justice Samit Gopal granted a week’s time to the counsel for the revisionist to file rejoinder affidavit in the matter and fixed September 4, 2024 as the next date of hearing.
In the aforesaid hate speech case, the police submitted chargesheet against Azam Khan. Thereafter, the trial court of Rampur on July 15, 2024 awarded two years’ imprisonment to Azam Khan. Thereafter, Azam Khan filed appeal challenging the sentence awarded by trial court before the MP-MLA court of Rampur. The MP-MLA court of Rampur on January 23, 2024 rejected his appeal. Hence, he filed the present criminal revision before the high court against the rejection of his appeal by the MP-MLA court.
