UP former MLA Abdullah Azam, son of Samajwadi Party national general secretary Azam Khan, has been given relief in passport forgery cases for which he was earlier sentenced to 7 years in jail. In the writ petition of Abdullah Azam against his conviction, the MP MLA Special Court (Sessions trial), presided by Judge Dr Vijay Kumar, has acquitted him by giving him the relief.

The state government can now appeal to the High Court to get the ruling cancelled. The order in the case was delivered via video conferencing when Abdullah Azam was in jail, and the order was given; he was also present through video conferencing.


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BJP MLA Akash Saxena filed an FIR against Abdullah Azam at the Civil Lines police station on July 30, 2019. In the FIR, Abdullah was accused of obtaining two passports using different birth dates. The FIR stated that the passports were made and used based on false and forged documents.

The date of birth in one passport is January 1, 1993, while the date of birth in the other is September 30, 1990. It was reported that both passports were used for going abroad, was submitted after the completion of the investigation before the MP MLA Special Court. 

On December 5, 2025, the court convicted Abdullah of fraudulently forging and using forged documents and sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment. 

Following the lower court ruling, Abdullah Azam filed a writ petition with the Sessions court with the help of his lawyer. The prosecution was opposing the writ petition. 

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After listening to the arguments from both sides and reserving its judgement on May 25, on Friday, the MP MLA Special Court( Sessions Trial), Judge Dr Vijay Kumar heard the writ petition of the accused, set aside the order of the lower court and gave the relief to the accused Abdullah Azam.

Meanwhile, talking to the media here in this regard, the lawyer of Abdullah Azam said that the Sessions Court has accepted the acquittal petition. Meanwhile, the Assistant District Government Advocate Seema Rana said that they would appeal in the High Court.