The Free Press Journal

SC junks UP govt plea challengin­g bail to Azam Khan's wife, son

- –Our Bureau

NEW DELHI: In a relief to senior Samajwadi Party leader and Lok Sabha MP Mohammad Azam Khan, the SC on Friday declined to entertain an appeal by the Uttar Pradesh government challengin­g the Allahabad High Court, granting bail to his wife and son, in a case connected with fraudulent allotment of government land. A bench of CJI SA Bobde told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representi­ng the UP government, the HC order is a good order and queried, what is wrong with it? "The judgement is correct", said the CJ. Mehta insisted there are cases registered Khan for land grab and other offences.

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