Meerut, July 19 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan suffered a legal setback on Saturday after the MP-MLA Special Court (Sessions Trial) in Rampur dismissed his appeal against a two-year prison sentence awarded by a lower court in connection with a controversial speech made during the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign.

The court upheld the judgment of the MP-MLA Special Court (Magistrate Trial), affirming both Khan's conviction and the sentence of two years' imprisonment along with the monetary penalty imposed by the trial court.

The case stems from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, when Azam Khan addressed a public meeting at Mankara village under the Bhot police station area in Rampur. During the election rally, Khan allegedly made a ...