Lakhimpur Kheri Case: Trial Court Rejects Accused Ashish Mishra's Discharge Plea, Charges To Be Framed Tomorrow

The Kheri District Court (in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district) today REJECTED the discharge plea moved by Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, in connection with the farmer killings in Lakhimpur Kheri. The Court is set to frame charges against him tomorrow.

This order comes days after the Supreme Court asked the Trial Court to fix the matter for framing of charges.

Ashish Mishra was arrested on October 9, 2021, and the chargesheet in the case was filed in January 2022. Mishra has been booked under charges including murder (302 IPC), criminal conspiracy (120B IPC), and others.

The Allahabad High Court had granted bail to Mishra on February 10 this year, but it was set aside by the Supreme Court bench comprising the then CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant, and Justice Hima Kohli in April 2022 after noting that the High Court took into account irrelevant considerations and ignored relevant factors. The bail application was then remanded to the High Court. The Supreme Court's order came in appeal filed by the relatives of the farmers who got killed in the crime.