Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan released from Sitapur district jail (VIDEO)

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been released from Sitapur district jail today, in a matter concerning Kotwali PS in Rampur

Supreme Court had granted him interim bail & the liberty to apply for regular bail before concerned court within a period of 2 weeks.

#WATCH | Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan released from Sitapur district jail, in a matter concerning Kotwali PS in Rampur pic.twitter.com/2TDWwFHi4W

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A bench of justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna granted interim bail to Khan, and also granted him the liberty to apply for regular bail before the concerned court within a period of two weeks.

The Supreme Court also assured that the interim bail will be continued until the regular bail is decided by the competent court.

Earlier on Tuesday, the apex court had reserved the order on Khan’s interim bail plea in the aforesaid case, as opposed by the Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for Uttar Pradesh state.

The Supreme Court had earlier expressed displeasure with the prolonged delay in the announcement of judgment by Allahabad HC on his (Khan’s) bail plea and called it a ‘travesty of justice’.

Last week, the Allahabad HC had granted Khan interim bail in the case related to wrongful possession of land.