Azam Khan was earlier sentenced to three years in prison in a hate speech case (File)
An MP/MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur sentenced senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to two years in jail today in a case of provocative speech during the 2019 general elections.
Judge Shobhit Bansal convicted Mr Khan, sentenced him to jail and imposed a fine of Rs 2,500 on the former MP.
A case was registered against Azam Khan during the 2019 Lok Sabha general election for an allegedly provocative speech during a campaign rally in Rampur.
Prosecution officer Amarnath Tiwari said the in-charge of the video surveillance team, Anil Kumar Chauhan, had registered the case against Mr Khan.
An MP-MLA court in Rampur had convicted Mr Khan last year in another 2019 hate speech case registered after he addressed a public meeting at the Khatanagaria village in the Milak Kotwali area.
He was sentenced to three years in prison, following which he was disqualified from the UP assembly.
In May this year, a sessions court overturned the verdict of the lower court.
The former Samajwadi Party MP was lodged in jail for the last 27 months in connection with several cases, including in a case for alleged land grabbing. He was released in May last year after being granted interim bail by Supreme Court.
After the verdict was pronounced on Saturday, Mr Tiwari said that Azam Khan can be granted bail in the case under Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The provision allows that pending any appeal by a convicted person, the appellate court may, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing, can order the suspension of sentence and grant bail, provided the sentence should not exceed three years.