The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday termed the Lakhimpur Kheri violence as “grave and heinous” and opposed the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra, who is one of the accused.
A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice J K Maheshwari reserved its order after it heard submissions from Additional Advocate General for Uttar Pradesh Garima Prashad, and senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Dushyant Dave.
Opposing the bail plea, Prashad told the top court that the crime was grave. “It is a grave and heinous crime and (granting bail) will send a wrong signal to society,” she said.
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for those opposing the bail plea, said grant of bail will send a terrible message to society.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Mishra, strongly opposed Dave’s submission and submitted that his client has been in custody for more than a year and the way the trial is going, it will take seven to eight years to complete it.
On October 3, 2021, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district’s Tikunia in a violence that erupted when farmers were protesting then Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the area. PNS