Fake Birth Certificate Case: SC dismisses Samajwadi leader Azam Khan’s plea

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. The plea challenged an order of the Allahabad High Court refusing to quash the charge sheet in the fake birth certificate case of his son.

A bench consisting of  Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath said. It does not find any reason to interfere with the order of the high court. The bench said. “Any observation and discussion passed by the high court will not prejudice the trial which the appellant is required to face”

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The case revolves around how Azam Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatima. And son Abdullah Azam Khan were sent to jail in a criminal case registered against them. Moreover, alleging that Abdullah Khan got two fake birth certificates issued through fraudulent means from two different locations.

The FIR lodged by BJP leader Akash Saxena at the Ganj police station in Rampur on January 3, 2019, stated that that Azam Khan. Also, his wife helped their son obtain two fake date of birth certificates, one from Lucknow and another from Rampur.

Azam Khan, has previously been lodged in jail for 27 months in connection with several cases. Thus, including that of land grabbing. Before being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in a cheating case in May this year.