LUCKNOW, Sept. 25 -- A couple of days after senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former UP minister Azam Khan was released from Sitapur jail after around two years, proceedings in several pending cases against him and his associates have gained momentum.

Khan, who is facing a total of 111 cases out of which 81 are still pending trial, was released from Sitapur jail on Tuesday (September 23) after the Allahabad high court granted him bail in the Quality Bar land encroachment case of Rampur.

A prosecution official said a Rampur MP/MLA court is likely to pronounce its judgment in the fraud case against him and his wife Tazeen Fatima on October 8. He said the court is also likely to give its verdict in a case related to cheating allegedly...