UP: SP leader Azam Khan releases from Sitapur district jail

Sitapur: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Friday released from Sitapur district jail after getting bail from Supreme Court yesterday, in a matter concerning Kotwali police station in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur.

The SP leader was granted bail in a cheating case lodged at the police station in Rampur.

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The Supreme Court also ordered that Azam Khan be released until the regular bail is decided by the competent court."The Supreme Court gave justice," said Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam Khan.

Azam Khan's son, Adeeb Azam Khan, welcomed the Supreme Court's decision and noted that they will directly go to Rampur after the release."I am very happy (with Supreme Court's order). We will go to Rampur directly (after the release)," said Adeeb Azam Khan, son of SP leader Azam Khan.

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Earlier on Thursday, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in another case of cheating.A bench of justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna granted interim bail to Khan and also allowed him to apply for regular bail before the concerned court within two weeks.

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