PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 19 -- The Allahabad high court on Thursday granted bail to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in the Quality Bar land encroachment case of Rampur district.

He will now be out of jail after the bail application was allowed in the present case, claimed Azam Khan's counsel Imran Ullah. Thursday's order was passed by a single-judge bench of Justice Samir Jain. Azam Khan, 77, is currently lodged in Sitapur jail. He has been behind bars since October 2023.

The case involves allegations of illegal occupation of the Quality Bar property, located on a highway in Saeed Nagar, Hardoi Patti, under Civil Lines police station in Rampur.

Earlier, on August 21, the court had reserved its order after hearing the counsel for the pe...