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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Amit Anand Choudhary | TNN

Azam Khan may walk free as SC gives bail in 88th case

NEW DELHI: In a relief to jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the Supreme Court on Thursday granted him interim bail in an alleged cheating case and paved the way for his release. Khan, facing prosecution in 88 cases, has been in custody since February 2020. He can now come out of jail as he has already been granted bail in the other 87 cases.

Taking into account the chronology of cases registered against him one after another by the state government and the latest one being filed on May 6 just days before he was granted bail in all cases earlier registered against him, a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, B R Gavai and A S Bopanna said it was fit case to grant him interim bail.

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