LUCKNOW, Feb. 26 -- In a big relief to Samajwadi Party veteran and former cabinet minister Azam Khan and his family, his son Abdullah Azam on Tuesday walked free after spending nearly 17 months in Hardoi district jail.

The Rampur MP/MLA court granted him bail on February 18 in a case of forgery related to enemy properties' documents.

In Rampur, his lawyer Zubair Ahmad Khan informed the media, "The court paved the way for Abdullah Azam's release after it dismissed the Rampur police's plea seeking permission to add two additional charges against him on February 17 and later granted him bail."

"Azam Khan's bail petition was also pending in the same case, but it was taken back due to some legal reasons," he added. Azam and his son Abdullah...