The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan challenging an Allahabad High Court order that refused to quash criminal proceedings against him in a case involving alleged use of fake documents to obtain a passport.

A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma declined to interfere with the High Court’s July 23 order, observing that the trial had already concluded and was at the stage of final arguments.

“Let the trial court decide it. Have faith in the trial court. Let it be decided by the trial court. Why should we interfere now when the trial is already over,” the bench told senior advocate Kapil Sibal , who represented Khan.

The court clarified that the trial court would be free to decide the case ind

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