The Allahabad High Court has reserved its judgment in two criminal cases concerning Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of senior Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan. The petitions, filed by Abdullah, seek quashing of the ongoing trial proceedings in the Rampur MP/MLA court.
Justice Sameer Jain reserved the verdict on Tuesday after hearing arguments from all parties.
The first case pertains to allegations that Abdullah obtained a passport using a forged date of birth. The complaint, lodged by BJP MLA Akash Saxena at the Civil Lines police station in Rampur on July 30, 2019, accuses Abdullah of violating provisions of the Passport Act and providing inconsistent information. The passport issued to Abdullah on January 10, 2018, reportedly states his date of birth as September 30, 1990, while his educational records reflect January 1, 1993.
The second case involves the alleged possession of two PAN cards by Abdullah. Saxena filed an FIR on December 6, 2019, also at the Civil Lines police station, naming both Abdullah and Azam Khan. The charges include criminal conspiracy (Section 120B IPC), cheating (Section 420), and forgery-related offences (Sections 467, 468, 471). Saxena has alleged that Abdullah concealed one PAN number while disclosing another in his 2017 election affidavit, thus misleading the Election Commission.
Saxena further accused Azam Khan of orchestrating the alleged fraud to facilitate his son’s electoral ambitions, claiming that two PAN cards were fraudulently obtained to bypass eligibility constraints.
With both cases under active trial in the special MP/MLA court in Rampur, Abdullah’s petitions request the High Court to annul the entire proceedings. The court’s reserved decision will determine the future course of these politically sensitive cases.
