SC asks UP govt to respond to bail plea by Azam Khan, son in machine theft case
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to respond to a petition filed by former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan challenging an Allahabad High Court order denying them bail in a machine theft case.
A Bench led by Justice MM Sundresh issued notice to the UP government on the father-son duo’s petition.
The duo has moved the top court against the September 21 order of the high court.
The case was registered in 2022 against Khan, his son and five others alleging that they had stolen the road-cleaning machine, which was purchased by the Nagar Palika Parishad, Rampur district. It was alleged that this machine was later recovered from Khan's Jauhar University of Rampur.
After the change of government in the state, one Wakar Ali Khan lodged an FIR in 2022 at Kotwali, Rampur, against the seven people, alleging that they had in 2014 stolen the government's road cleaning machine.
