Uttar Pradesh court has convicted Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Azam Khan in the 2019 hate speech case. The court has sentenced Azam Khan and 2 other accused to 3 years in prison along with a fine of Rs 2000 in the hate speech case of 2019, ANI reported.
The leader, however, applied for the bail soon and he was granted interim bail of 7 days.
A case was registered against Khan in 2019 at Milak Kotwali in Rampur for allegedly making remarks against CM Yogi Adityanath and IAS Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, the then DM.
Azam Khan has been convicted under Sections 153a (promoting enmity between two groups) and 505-1 (statement conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with Section 125 of the Representation of People Act, 1951.
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