Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed two petitions filed by ex-MLA Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan, son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, challenging the proceedings of criminal cases against him in the matter of alleged fake passport as well as PAN cards.The court directed the Rampur’s MP/MLA Court to proceed with the trial in accordance with law.“Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in my considered view, the instant application is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed,” Justice Sameer Jain said.Justice Jain had reserved this judgment after hearing both sides on July 1.Abdullah had filed two petitions in the high court. The first was related to Abdullah’s alleged fake passport while second concerned two PAN cards.In first case, the BJP MLA Akash Saxena had filed a criminal case against Abdullah at the Civil Lines police station in Rampur on July 30, 2019, concerning fraud and violations of the Passport Act for allegedly obtaining a passport using an incorrect date of birth. He accused Abdullah of obtaining a passport using false documents.The allegation is that the educational certificates and the information provided by Abdullah Azam to the passport authorities were different.According to the complaint, Abdullah was issued passport on Jan 10, 2018. The passport lists Abdullah Azam’s date of birth as Sep 30, 1990, whereas his educational certificates show it as Jan 1, 1993.Regarding the dual PAN cards case, Saxena had filed an FIR against Abdullah and his father senior SP leader Azam Khan at the Civil Lines police station in Rampur on Dec 6, 2019, concerning the possession of two PAN cards.The case was registered under IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 471 (using forged documents), 468 (forgery for cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security) and 420 (cheating).Saxena alleged that Abdullah had furnished an incorrect PAN number in his election affidavit during the 2017 assembly elections.He claimed Azam Khan got two PAN cards made for his son through fraud to enable him to contest elections.According to him, Abdullah allegedly concealed this fact in the affidavit submitted to the election commission. He showed one PAN number in the affidavit but used another PAN number in his income tax return (ITR) documents.
