Minister for Minority Welfare in Uttar Pradesh Government Md Azam Khan said that State Government’s intention to release innocent people of terror charges was not malafide as it believed in natural justice and does not want any innocent person to be punished.
In a statement issued here on Friday he said that no one should question the intention of state government in releasing innocent people of terror charges. "We will try to convince the High Court about our intention," Khan said in his statement.
Reacting to the High Court verdict in which the division bench has stayed Government proceedings to release people arrested in terror charges Azam Khan said that probably our lawyers were not able to present our cases in true spirit. They were not able to convince the honourable court about our intention, he said.
"The youth who are arrested in false cases or because of political vendetta would be released soon. This is Government’s resolve and promise to the people," Khan, who is also Muslim face of Samajwadi party said.
He however called courts decision to release Varun Gandhi of all charges of hate speech as unfortunate.
