India, Oct. 29 -- PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court on Thursday granted bail to Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan and his son Mohd Abdullah Azam Khan, a former legislator, in the dual PAN cards case while suspending the sentences handed down to them by the trial court at Rampur.

However, Justice Samit Gopal rejected their plea seeking stay on their conviction. Following bail in the case, the father-son duo is likely to walk out of jail.

As their conviction has not been stayed, they cannot contest the forthcoming assembly polls because, as per apex court ruling, a person having two or more years of sentence cannot contest election. In this case, the trial court had awarded them seven years' sentence.

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