NEW DELHI: The Supreme Courtroom on Friday expressed displeasure over the delay in listening to the bail utility of Samajwadi Get together chief Azam Khan in a land grabbing case, saying "this can be a travesty of justice."
A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai famous that Khan has obtained bail in 86 out of 87 circumstances, and mentioned it might hear the matter on Might 11.
"He (Khan) has been out on bail in all issues besides one for therefore lengthy, that is travesty of justice. We won't say something extra. We'll hear it on Wednesday," the bench mentioned.
The counsel showing for Khan advised the apex court docket that the excessive court docket has reserved its verdict on the bail utility.
The Allahabad excessive court docket on Thursday reserved its order on the bail utility of Khan within the case of grabbing of enemy property for his Mohammad Ali Jauhar College undertaking.
The excessive court docket on December 4, 2021 had reserved its determination. Nevertheless, the state authorities later submitted an utility and sought permission to current some new info via recent affidavits, which have been filed on Thursday.
An FIR was lodged in opposition to Khan and others for alleged grabbing of enemy property and misappropriation of public cash of greater than tons of of crores of rupees.
The FIR was lodged at police station Azem Nagar in Rampur underneath the IPC and the Prevention of Harm to Public Property Act.
It was alleged within the FIR that in partition one Imamuddin Qureshi went to Pakistan and his land was recorded as enemy property, however Khan in collusion with others grabbed the 13.842-hectare plot.
Earlier, the apex court docket in February had refused interim bail to Khan for campaigning within the Uttar Pradesh elections and requested him to method the court docket involved for expeditious disposal.
The plea filed by Khan had contended that the State has adopted all means accessible to purposefully delay the proceedings in order to make sure that he's incarcerated through the just lately held Uttar Pradesh meeting elections.
Khan is presently lodged in Sitapur jail in reference to a variety of circumstances, together with that of land grabbing, lodged in opposition to him in Rampur.