The Supreme Court on Friday allowed 73-year-old Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan regular bail in a land grabbing case while criticising a tendency in High Courts to make “completely unrelated” remarks against accused persons and imposing “extreme conditions” on them for bail.
A Bench of Justice A.M. Khanwilkar noted how Mr. Khan’s case was an example of the “new trend” seen in the High Courts.
The High Court had variously described Mr. Khan a “political heavyweight” of Uttar Pradesh, “political boss”, “virtual political giant” while granting him interim bail considering his age and medical condition in an order on May 10.
