{"id":15529,"date":"2025-09-26T01:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/out-of-jail-but-not-out-of-trouble-81-cases-still-pending-against-azam-khan-3-verdicts-likely-soon-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T01:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:53:59","slug":"out-of-jail-but-not-out-of-trouble-81-cases-still-pending-against-azam-khan-3-verdicts-likely-soon-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/out-of-jail-but-not-out-of-trouble-81-cases-still-pending-against-azam-khan-3-verdicts-likely-soon-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Of Jail But Not Out Of Trouble: 81 Cases Still Pending Against Azam Khan, 3 Verdicts Likely Soon | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9597104\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">September 26, 2025, 07:00 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9597104\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3323724761 asubttl-schema\">Khan\u2019s release from jail on Tuesday after nearly two years has triggered a lot of speculation about his next move<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bggrn\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3323724761 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Azam Khan had been behind bars since October 2023. (File image: PTI)\" title=\"Azam Khan had been behind bars since October 2023. (File image: PTI)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3323724761\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Azam Khan had been behind bars since October 2023. (File image: PTI)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span class=\"cf0\">Azam Khan may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/is-azam-khan-joining-bsp-sp-leader-reacts-to-speculations-after-walking-out-of-jail-ws-l-9591940.html\">walked out of jail<\/a> after 23 months behind bars, but his legal troubles are far from over. While 81 cases are still pending in court against him, three of them are nearing completion, and a judgement could come in the next few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span class=\"cf0\">Khan\u2019s release from jail on Tuesday after nearly two years has triggered a lot of speculation about his next move. Khan, on his part, has also left ample room for speculation by his cryptic remarks. When asked why no big leader from the Samajwadi Party had come to receive him outside the jail gates, he had quipped, \u201cI am a small leader. Why would a big leader come to receive me?&#8221; This was seen as a potshot against the SP top leadership, especially after his wife <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Tanzeem<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">\u00a0had said a few months back that she had no hope of help in the\u00a0family\u2019s legal trouble from the SP leadership but only \u201cAllah&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span class=\"cf0\">While Khan has brushed off questions from the media about whether he could join the BSP as speculation, Akhilesh Yadav is set to meet him on October 8. The long-awaited meeting could set the course of their future equations and the tone of the 2027 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span class=\"cf0\">But while the elections may be a little far away, his legal troubles could soon inch closer. He has to appear before the MP\/MLA court on October 1 in an enemy property land grab case. The court has ordered his personal appearance in the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span class=\"cf0\">A total of 111 cases were lodged against Khan, and while a few have been closed after a final order by the court, 81 are still pending trial. Most of the cases relate to illegalities conducted in the construction of his dream project, Maulana Ali Jauhar University, in his hometown, Rampur. Khan is the lifetime chancellor of the university and also chairman of the Jauhar Trust that controls it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span class=\"cf0\">The cases against him relate to money laundering, land grab, irregularities in construction, corruption, and tax violations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><span class=\"cf0\">Legal experts say that three cases are on the verge of completion and a judgement could be announced soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><span class=\"cf0\">One of the cases relates to delivering hate speech in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Azam was contesting the elections from Rampur, and the FIR says that he instigated the public against the police on the polling date. He is alleged to be saying in a video that people should keep voting beyond the stipulated time, which is considered a violation of the model code of conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\"><span class=\"cf0\">The second such case is regarding making derogatory remarks against the late Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and his family in 2018. The case is being heard by the MP\/MLA court in Lucknow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\"><span class=\"cf0\">The third case nearing completion is regarding Azam Khan making demeaning remarks against the armed forces in 2017. BJP leader and now MLA Akash Saxena lodged this case in Rampur in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\"><span class=\"cf0\">Legal experts say that a judgement could come soon in the above three cases, and if convicted, Khan could be in\u00a0trouble again.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3323724761 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>September 26, 2025, 07:00 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3323724761 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/\">politics<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> Out Of Jail But Not Out Of Trouble: 81 Cases Still Pending Against Azam Khan, 3 Verdicts Likely Soon<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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