LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to former UP minister Azam Khan in connection with UP Jal Nigam recruitment scam.
Passing the order, the court observed that the state counsel failed to point out any clinching evidence from the chargesheet regarding active participation of Khan in the scam. The state counsel also could not point out that Khan committed any misappropriation or financial irregularity in the scam, the court added.
Justice Ramesh Sinha said, “In view of this court, the continued custody of Khan, prima facie, may not be necessary for the purpose of further investigation and trial in the instant case.”
In the course of hearing it also came out that as many as 87 cases were lodged against Khan and in all cases he had obtained bail, except two cases, including the present one in which he had been in jail since November 19, 2020.
SIT had booked Khan in the scam for committing irregularity in appointment of 1300 recruits during Akhilesh Yadav government.
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