HC grants bail to 12 in Lakhimpur violence case

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted regular bail to 12 accused in the case relating to the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which claimed at least eight lives and in which former Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish is the main accused.

While approving the release of the accused on bail, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court asked them to cooperate in the trial or their bail would be revoked.

The prime accused in the case, Ashish Mishra, was already granted regular bail by the Supreme Court earlier this year.

The Allahabad HC Bench that granted the bail to the 12 co-accused was presided over by Justice Krishna Pahal.

It approved separate bail petitions filed by Ankit Das, Nandan Singh Bisht, Latif, alias Kale, Satyam Tripathi, alias Satya Prakash Tripathi, Shekhar Bharti, Dharmendra Singh Banjara, Ashish Pandey, Rinku Rana, Ullas Kumar Trivedi, alias Mohit Trivedi, Lavkush, Sumit Jaiswal and Shishupal.

The court had reserved its decision on October 18 after hearing the case in full and pronounced it on Tuesday via video-conferencing from the court.