By Admin 
Allahabad High Court Judge Sameer Jain has recused himself from hearing the case of SP leader Azam Khan. This is the case of orphanage eviction of 2016. Justice Sameer Jain has released the case from his court. The court also made it clear that the stay on the final decision of the trial court will remain effective till the next hearing.
In the petition, the trial court’s order dated May 30 has been challenged. In that order, the demand to recall the prosecution witnesses, especially Sunni Central Waqf Board Chairman Zafar Ahmed Farooqui and to bring on record the videography of the incident site, was rejected.
The petitioners say that this videography can prove their absence at the scene of the incident and this evidence is necessary for the right to a fair trial. This case is based on 12 FIRs registered in the Kotwali police station of Rampur in 2019, which include charges like robbery, criminal conspiracy and unauthorized entry into the house. All the cases were clubbed into a single case by Special Judge (MP/MLA) Rampur on August 8, 2024.