Supreme Court rejects Abdullah Azam Khan’s plea to quash charge of forgery to obtain passport

The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 6, 2025) refused to intervene in a plea by former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mohammed Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, seeking to quash the charges of obtaining a passport using forged documents.

“We are not inclined to intervene,” Justice MM Sundresh, who headed the Bench, addressed senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing on behalf of Mr Khan.

The Allahabad High Court had earlier refused to quash the criminal case, prompting the former MLA to approach the Supreme Court.

“The court has the liberty to decide all issues without being influenced by the order of the Supreme Court,” the Supreme Court observed.

BJP MLA Akash Saxena had filed a case against Mr Khan in Rampur on July 30, 2019, alleging fraud and violation of the Passport Act for allegedly obtaining the travel document with an incorrect date of birth.

According to the complaint, Mr. Khan was issued a passport on January 10, 2018. While his passport showed his date of birth as September 30, 1990, his education certificates showed January 1, 1993.

The case was registered in Rampur district. Mr Khan is being tried before Special MP/MLA Judge Rampur. Charges in the case were filed on September 9, 2021.