SC dissolves SIT probing Lakhimpur Kheri violence, says investigation has been completed
India | Sep 18, 2023, 01:15 PM ISTThe Supreme Court also relieved retired High Court judge Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain from monitoring the SIT probe in the case.
The Supreme Court also relieved retired High Court judge Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain from monitoring the SIT probe in the case.
Ashish Mishra while being granted bail was directed to leave Uttar Pradesh within one week of his release from jail.
Lakhimpur Kheri case: Senior superintendent of the Kheri district jail Vipin Kumar Mishra told media, "He (Ashish Mishra) has been released from the jail. We have got the release order from the sessions court."
On October 3, 2021, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district's Tikunia where violence had erupted when farmers were protesting the then Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area.
Notably, on October 3, 2021, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district's Tikunia in violence that erupted when farmers were protesting then Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area.
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Ashish is the main accused in the incident wherein a vehicle belonging to the Union minister allegedly mowed down four farmers during a protest against the now-repealed agricultural laws.
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had on July 26 rejected the bail plea of Mishra.
Lakhimpur Kheri rape and murder: Six men were arrested on Thursday in connection with the alleged rape and murder of the two teenage sisters who were found hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field.
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Lakhimpur Kheri rape-murder: Suman said none of the accused is minor, dismissing reports of the kin of some of them making the claiming. Meanwhile, Assistant District Government Counsel Brijesh Pandey said the accused were produced before a POCSO court, which sent them to 14-day judicial custody.
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: On October 3 last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area.
Farmers' protest: Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during the violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area on October 3 last year.
Lakhimpur violence case: Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to the main accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted on October 3 last year when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area.
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: In April, the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to the minister’s son by the high court, but directed that the HC could re-examine the matter.
Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajai Mishra Teni, is a prime accused in the October 3 last year violence case in Lakhimpur, He had allegedly plowed his SUV into the crowd of protesting farmers crushing four of them to death on the spot.
Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, in the case and asked him to surrender within a week.
The Supreme Court had appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to monitor the investigation in the case and had also reconstituted the SIT.
On October 3 last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area.
A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana and comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli queried the UP govt counsel, "It appears from the report of the monitoring judge that he recommended cancellation of bail. What's your stand?"
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