A judgement on Ashish Mishra’s petition challenging the Allahabad High Court’s choice to deny him bail in connection with the case was later deferred by the Supreme Court. The Uttar Pradesh government reportedly disapproved of the Supreme Court’s decision to give bail to Ashish Mishra, a defendant in the Lakhimpur Kheri riots case and the son of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra.
The Uttar Pradesh government reportedly disapproved of the Supreme Court’s decision to give bail to Ashish Mishra, a defendant in the Lakhimpur Kheri riots case and the son of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra. The additional attorney general for Uttar Pradesh, Garima Prashad, told a court of Justices Surya Kant and J. K. Maheshwari that “the crime is grave.”
It would be detrimental to society, she said, and be a “grave and dreadful deed. A judgement on Ashish Mishra’s petition challenging the Allahabad High Court’s choice to deny him bail in connection with the case was later deferred by the Supreme Court.
On October 3, 2021, violence broke out in Tikunia, which resulted in the deaths of eight people. Farmers were protesting the visit of the area’s then-Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. According to the Uttar Pradesh Police FIR, Ashish Mishra was driving the SUV that allegedly ran over four farmers. Angering farmers are said to have lynched a driver and two BJP officials after the event. Also lost in the bloodshed was a journalist.