New delhi: 31 may,2024: SP leader Azam Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison for forcibly vacating, looting, and demolishing a house in Rampur in 2016, fined ₹14 lakh.

The court had on Wednesday found Khan guilty in the case of forcefully evacuating, looting and demolishing a house in Dungarpur.

District government advocate, MP/MLA court, Seema Rana said the court convicted Azam Khan and contractor Barkat Ali in the case on Wednesday.

Senior prosecution officer Shiv Prakash Pandey and prosecution officer Rakesh Kumar Morya said the case was registered by plaintiff Abrar in Thana Ganj in which he alleged that on December 6, 2016, Ale Hasan and Barkat Ali Contractor entered his house, thrashed him and looted goods from the house. He had also alleged that the duo tried to kill him and demolish his house.

Khan is accused of conspiracy in this case.

The special court’s verdict was only in the case involving Khan and Ali, who was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and a fine of ₹6 lakh was also imposed on him. If Ali fails to pay this fine, he will have to undergo an additional punishment of 18 months of rigorous imprisonment, the court said.

Ali has been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and a fine of ₹3 lakh under section 392, six years of imprisonment and ₹2 lakh fine under section 452, two years of imprisonment and ₹50,000 fine under section 504 and two years of imprisonment and ₹50,000 fine under section 506.

SP leader Khan is currently lodged in Sitapur jail following his conviction in different cases.

In 2022, he lost his Uttar Pradesh Assembly membership for three years following his conviction in a hate speech case. ( With Agencies Inputs )