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A Supreme Court bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana and consisting of Justices Bopanna and Hima Kohli today indicated that the court will hear plea seeking cancellation of bail of the main accused in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, Ashish Mishra on 11th March 2022.

The family members of the deceased farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case have approached the Apex Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's order dated 10th February granting bail to the key accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State (Home) namely Ajay Mishra Teni. 

It has been alleged by the family members that they had to file the appeal as the State of Uttar Pradesh, where the political party of Mishra and his father is in power, has failed to file an appeal against the high court order.

Prashant Bhushan, Advocate, mentioned the matter before the bench he said “others are seeking bail based on this. HC has granted bail overseeing evidence tampering etc. We seek urgent listing.”

On the October 3 case, a total of 14 people have been made accused and out of those currently, 13 accused, including Mishra, are lodged in the district jail. The proceedings in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case(s) are going on before the District Court in which Uttar Pradesh Police had filed an exhaustive chargesheet running into 5000 pages on January 3.

Case Title: Jagjeet Singh and Ors. Vs. Ashish Mishra Alias Monu and Anr. | IN RE: VIOLENCE IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI (UP) LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE