Overview

• Sitapur jail officials said they received the release order on Monday and confirmed that the discharge process is underway.
• The final case that cleared the way for release stemmed from a 2020 FIR at Rampur’s Civil Lines police station alleging cheating and related offences.
• Khan has six convictions with bail granted in all, six acquittals by trial courts, and multiple appeals are pending as the state has challenged some acquittals in the Allahabad High Court.
• A Rampur special court in 2023 sentenced Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatima, and son Abdullah to seven years over a forged birth certificate; his wife and son later secured bail.
• Supporters are preparing public welcomes as authorities deploy tight security, and BSP MLA Uma Shankar Singh has publicly invited Khan to join the party, with any decision subject to Mayawati.