MEERUT, Nov. 17 -- Barely two months after he was released after getting bail in the Quality Bar land encroachment case, senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan along with his son Abdullah Azam was on Monday was sent back to jail after they were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment each by the special MP/MLA court in Rampur in a 2019 case related to obtaining two PAN cards using different dates of birth.

The verdict came shortly after the court declared both guilty in the case. They were also fined Rs.50,000 each. Following the pronouncement of the sentence, police officials took them into custody in the courtroom itself and later they were sent to Rampur district jail.

Meanwhile, Azam Khan's legal team, led by advocate Nasir Sul...