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New Delhi: The Supreme Court granted bail to Ashish Mishra, son of former Union Minister Ajay Mishra, in the 2021 Lakhimpur-Kheri violence case. After approving the bail application, the court directed him to stay in Delhi or Lucknow. The court directed the subordinate court to expedite the hearing of the case and fix a time limit.
In this incident, eight people lost their lives in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. After this, he was banned from going to Delhi or Lucknow. On January 25 last year, the apex court granted interim bail to Ashish Mishra in the unfortunate horrific incident of violence. A bench of Justices Suryakant and Ujjal Bhuiyan also granted bail to the farmers in the case and directed the trial court to expedite the hearing.
The bench said that keeping in view all the circumstances, the interim order has been made absolute. We have been informed that out of 117 witnesses, seven have been examined so far. In our view, there is a need to expedite the trial proceedings. We direct the trial court to fix a timetable keeping in mind other pending time-bound or urgent matters, but give priority to the pending matter.
What is the matter?
Violence broke out in the district when farmers protested against the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to the area. During this, four farmers were crushed by a sports utility vehicle. After this, a driver and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were allegedly beaten to death by angry farmers. A journalist also died in this violence.
