Prayagraj, May 16 -- The Allahabad High Court will hear a hate speech case about former Uttar Pradesh minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Friday.

Azam Khan is no stranger to controversies and legal cases. In March this year, Azam Khan and seven others were acquitted by an MP-MLA court here on Thursday in one of the cases related to the Dungarpur incident.

Azam Khan's advocate, Nasir Sultan, said that Additional Session Judge Vivek Kumar of the MP-MLA court acquitted Azam and seven others for lack of evidence.

"Nearly one dozen FIRs were lodged against Azam and others in the year 2016 Dungarpur incident, in which houses were demolished for the implementation of the Asara scheme during the SP government. One of the case...