A Rampur court on Monday sentenced Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan to seven years in prison and a imposed a fine of Rs 8 lakh on him over the forced demolition of a house in Dungarpur in 2016.
The MP-MLA court also sentenced three others in prison for five years and imposed a fine of Rs 2.5 lakh each, senior prosecution officer Amarnath Tiwari said, according to PTI.
The court of Judge Vijay Kumar convicted Azam Khan, a former minister in SP-led government, Azhar Ahmed Khan, a former chairperson of the municipal corporation, Ale Hasan, a former police circle officer, and Barkat Ali.
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Three other accused -- Jibran, Farman and Omendra Chauhan -- were acquitted by the court in the case.
Seven people, including Azam Khan, were booked in 2019 for the forced demolition of the house in 2016 when the SP was in power in Uttar Pradesh. The case was registered at the Ganj police station in Rampur.
The accused were booked under IPC sections 447 (punishment for criminal trespass), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 395 (punishment for dacoity), 412 (dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), Amarnath Tiwari said.
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The case was filed against them after change of government in the state. Azam Khan (75) is currently serving a sentence in the Sitapur jail in another criminal case.
Last month, A court in Rampur had acquitted Azam Khan and six others in a dacoity case registered at the Ganj police station in 2019. The case was registered nearly three years after the incident occurred in 2016. The Rampur police had investigated the case and filed chargesheet against seven persons, including Azam Khan.