PRAYAGRAJ: The
Allahabad High Court
has granted bail to retired
DSP
Aley
Hasan
Khan in a forgery case. It is said that Aley Hasan was a close associate of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan during his tenure as cabinet minister in previous government.
Allowing the bail application of Aley Hasan Khan, Justice
Siddharth directed that the applicant would not tamper with evidence and will cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment.
Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate SFA Naqvi contended that Hasan was falsely implicated in the case.
“He is a retired deputy superintendent of police, UP, and a recipient of Presidential Gallantry Award and a number of cases have been registered at the behest of state machinery. All the cases have been registerd after the government changed,” he contended. Hasan is in jail since August 11, 2020. Hasan is accused in several criminal cases and was arrested on August 11, 2020 while he was coming to Rampur from Delhi following a tip-off from a police informer and a forged Aadhaar card was recovered from him.
An FIR was registered against him under Section 420 (cheating) and other relevant sections of Indian Penal Code at the Civil Lines police station of Rampur district. The state government’s counsel opposed the bail application and argued that Hasan is booked in 57 cases and tried to flee from law and was carrying a forged Aadhaar card at the time of his arrest. Hasan, a retired circle officer of Rampur police, is a co-accused in many land grab cases registered against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.