MEERUT, Dec. 19 -- Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan was on Thursday acquitted in an inflammatory speech case registered against him by Aam Aadmi Party state spokesperson Faisal Khan Lala at Rampur city Kotwali on April 2, 2019. The SP leader was accused of making derogatory remarks against officials during his speech during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls when Khan himself was a Lok Sabha election candidate.

The MP-MLA magistrate court in Rampur cleared him of all charges, citing lack of evidence. Azam Khan appeared before the court through video conferencing. However, despite the acquittal, Azam Khan will continue to remain behind bars as he is serving a seven-year sentence in a separate case related to his son Abdullah Az...