The Supreme Court on Monday extended Ashish Mishra’s interim bail in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case till the next date of hearing.
The case’s interim bail for Ashish Mishra was extended by a bench of justices, Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan, until further orders. The trial court’s report has been ordered to be obtained by the registry, and the court has adjourned the case. Ashish Mishra was given eight weeks of interim bail by the top court on January 25, 2023, with several conditions attached. Later on, it was periodically extended.
Ashish Mishra was ordered by the supreme court to provide the relevant court with his whereabouts. Additionally, the Supreme Court made it clear that Ashish Mishra’s bail could be revoked if he or his family attempted to sway witnesses or postpone the trial. Mishra has also been ordered by the court to record his attendance at the relevant police station. The Supreme Court heard a case brought by Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, challenging the Allahabad High Court’s decision to deny him bail in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
On July 26, 2022, the Allahabad High Court denied bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The bail was rejected by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.
The said order is challenged by Ashish Mishra in the Supreme Court, filed through advocate on record T Mahipal. Mishra is facing a murder case for the incident that took place on October 3, 2021, in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Farmers were demonstrating against the Center’s three farm laws when Mishra allegedly ran them over. He was taken into custody on October 9 and released on bond in February 2022. After the Supreme Court overturned the Court’s previous ruling in April 2022 and mandated a new review of his bail request, Mishra moved to the High Court once more. The matter was returned to the High Court after the Supreme Court had previously overturned the February 10, 2022 order of the Allahabad High Court. The top court ruled that the Allahabad High Court’s ruling could not stand and that it was necessary to set it aside. As a result, the accused or respondent’s bail bonds were revoked. Ashish Mishra was ordered to turn himself in by the court.
Family members of the victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Allahabad High Court order, which granted bail to Ashish Mishra. The top court cancelled Mishra’s bail plea.
Earlier, the Supreme Court appointed a committee headed by retired Punjab and Haryana HC judge Rakesh Kumar Jain to monitor the probe into the violence.
