LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE- ASHISH MISHRA RETURNS JAIL AFTER SUPREME COURT REJECTED BAIL

(The Quiver) : On Sunday, Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra, the primary accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, surrendered at the district jail a week after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail and ordered him to surrender within a week .

Jail superintendent PP Singh has confirmed Ashish Mishra has returned to jail. The media was not allowed inside the court premises.

On April 18, the top court after observing the high court the biased judgement said that the ‘victims’ were denied “a fair and effective hearing” in the high court .

Eight people were killed in the violence on October 3, 2021. Four farmers and a journalist were run over by a car allegedly belonging to Mishra. In the ensuing violence, three people – two political workers and a driver – were killed.

A bench, led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, directed Mishra to surrender within a week. It asked the high court to decide his bail plea afresh after giving due hearing to the victim’s families, who complained of not being provided sufficient opportunity to oppose the bail plea.

It said the high court relied heavily on the first information report at the time of allowing Mishra’s bail plea even as the charge sheet in the case had been filed.