Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’ and prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, has finally surrendered before the Magistrate at the district jail.
Ashish surrendered on April 24, almost a week after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail and asked him to surrender.
The top court had set aside the Allahabad High Court order dated February 10, 2022, and had remit the matter back to the High Court.
It said the order of the Allahabad High Court cannot be sustained and has to be set aside and bail bonds of the respondent/accused are cancelled.
The Court clarified that it has not expressed any opinion, either on facts or merits.
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“All questions of law are left open for the High Court to consider and decide.” Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the incident that took place on October 3, 2021.
Ashish is said to have run over the farmers, who were protesting against the three farm bills that the Centre had introduced in September, 2020.
In the above case, he was arrested on October 9, but was later granted bail in February, 2022.
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The court had given him, bail but the family members of the victims moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Allahabad High Court order, which granted bail to Ashish.
The Supreme Court had earlier appointed a committee headed by retired Punjab and Haryana high court judge Rakesh Kumar Jain to monitor the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.