SP leader Azam Khan released from prison
The Hindu
Supreme Court on Thursday used its powers under Article 142 to grant Azam Khan interim bail
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was released from the Sitapur Jail in Uttar Pradesh on Friday morning, a day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a cheating case.
Mr. Khan's son and MLA Abdullah Azam, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav and a large number of supporters welcomed the senior SP leader upon his release.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav welcomed Mr. Khan's release.
"Hearty welcome to senior SP leader and MLA Azam Khan on his release on bail. With this decision of bail, the Supreme Court has given new standards to justice. It is certain that he will be acquitted in all other false cases. Lies have moments, not centuries," Mr. Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi.
The jailor of Sitapur prison, R.S. Yadav, said the release order was received around 11 p.m. on Thursday and after following all procedures, Mr. Khan was released around 8 a.m. on Friday.
After his release, Mr. Khan first visited the house of ex-SP MLA Anoop Gupta before departing for his native Rampur.
Mr. Gupta had been in constant touch with Mr. Khan ever since he was lodged in Sitapur Jail.
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