Bail To Minister's Son Challenged In Supreme Court By Farmers' Families

Monday, 21 February 2022newsdesk

The families of the farmers killed in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri have approached the Supreme Court to challenge the bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra and the main accused in the case.

New Delhi, 21 February 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The Allahabad High Court granted bail despite "overwhelming evidence" against the minister's son, the plea filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan said. "High Court granted bail without considering the heinous nature of the crime. The character of the overwhelming evidence against the accused in the chargesheet, the position and status of the accused with reference to the victim and witnesses, the likelihood of the accused fleeing from justice and repeating the offence and the possibility of his tampering with the witnesses and obstructing the course of justice," the plea said. The plea also stated that victims were prevented from bringing the relevant material to the notice of High Court as their counsel got disconnected from the hearing of the bail matter on January 18, 2022.

Source - NDTV