RAMPUR, Jul. 15, 2023 (TBINN)
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was sentenced to two years imprisonment by an M.P. / M.L.A. Court here today in a case of inflammatory speech during the 2019 general elections.
Judge Shobhit Bansal convicted Azam Khan, aged 74, and sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment. He also imposed a fine of Rs. 2, 500 on the former Uttar Pradesh minister, according to Joint Director Prosecution Shiv Prakash Pandey.
The case was registered against Azam Khan for allegedly making a provocative speech targeting the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, the then Rampur District Election Officer and the Election Commission at a rally in Dhamora Area on April 8, 2019 during Lok Sabha polls.
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