New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked a sessions court to adjudicate Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan's appeal against his conviction in a case involving assault of a public servant.

A Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal passed an interim order requesting the District Court to make an endeavour to dispose off Khan's appeal in six months.

The Court also clarified that the sessions court would treat Khan as a juvenile accused while handling his appeal after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing him, requested that the findings of the juvenile court were in his client's favour.

Abdullah Azam Khan is a former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Suar constituency in Rampur dist...