Azam Khan & Abdullah Azam Sentenced to 7 Years in UP Dual PAN Forgery Case – SP's Response & 2027 Implications
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In a significant escalation of legal challenges for Samajwadi Party stalwart Azam Khan, a Special MP-MLA Magistrate Court in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced the 76-year-old MP and his son Abdullah Azam to seven years' rigorous imprisonment in the 2019 dual PAN card forgery case, accusing them of employing fabricated documents featuring inconsistent dates of birth to secure duplicate Permanent Account Number cards for banking and income tax purposes, a complaint originally registered by BJP leader Akash Saxena at the Civil Lines Police Station in December 2019 amid intensifying political rivalry in the Muslim-majority western UP belt. Case Origins: Forgery Allegations and Prosecution's Case The FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Income Tax Act alleged that Khan and his son submitted forged identity proofs to obtain multiple PANs, facilitating fraudulent financial transactions and tax evasions, with investigations uncovering discrepancies in birth ...