On 3 October 2021 eight people died at Tikunia, Lakhimpur Kheri, during a farmers' protest. Ashish Mishra, son of then minister Ajay Mishra, was arrested, char…
During a farmers' protest, vehicles in a convoy drove into protesters. Four farmers and a journalist died; a driver and two BJP workers were killed in the violence that…
One FIR covers the farmers and the journalist and names Ashish Mishra and others. The other covers the driver and two BJP workers and accuses protesters.
The son of then Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra was arrested after about 11 hours of questioning, days after the Supreme Court took up the case.
Unhappy with the state's progress, the court appointed retired judge Rakesh Kumar Jain to monitor a reconstituted SIT.
The SIT's charge sheet of about 5,000 pages named Ashish Mishra as the main accused among 14 people.
The High Court granted bail in February; the Supreme Court set it aside in April because victims were not fairly heard; the High Court refused again in July.
The trial court framed charges against 13 accused, including murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, and a 14th for hiding evidence.
No. The Supreme Court gave interim bail in January 2023 and made it absolute in July 2024, with conditions on where he can stay.
Witness-threat claims, a vigilance report on the trial judge sent to the Allahabad High Court Chief Justice, and a proposed new prosecutor.
No. 86 of 130 witnesses had been examined in the main trial per PTI, and the Supreme Court was to hear the matter on 26 October 2026.
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