Allahabad High Court rejects Ashish Mishra's bail plea in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

Lucknow, July 26

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case which had left four farmers dead.

The Justice Krishna Pahal bench said Ashish is politically influential and could influence the witnesses and affect the trial.

The bench had reserved its order on July 15 after completing the hearing.

On February 10, the Lucknow bench had granted bail to Ashish but the Supreme Court cancelled it and directed the high court to decide his plea after affording adequate opportunity to the victims.

Accordingly, the high court heard his bail petition afresh.

Mishra is a co-accused in the killing of four farmers and a journalist at Tikunia in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on October 3 last year.