Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan acquitted in 2019 hate speech case which led to his
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan acquitted in 2019 hate speech case which led to his disqualification
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24/05/2023241
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was acquitted in a 2019 hate speech case on Wednesday. He was convicted in the same case last year in October for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
He was awarded three years in prison by the Rampur court and a consequent disqualification from the UP assembly. The case was filed at the Milak police station in Rampur.
He was convicted under Sections 153a (promoting enmity between two groups), 505 (statement conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code and section 125 of the Representation of People Act 1951.
Azam Khan thereafter filed an appeal in the MP/MLA court challenging the Rampur court order. The court, after hearing the appeal, declared him innocent of the charges pressed against him.
Azam faces 87 cases against him under various charges, all of which were filed after 2017 when the BJP took power in Uttar Pradesh.
