"Protect Lakhimpur Witnesses": Supreme Court To UP After Attack Charge

Wednesday, 16 March 2022Newsdesk

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government and Lakhimpur Kheri violence accused Ashish Mishra and asked them to file a reply on a plea challenging the grant of bail to him by the Allahabad High Court.

New Delhi, 16 March 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Taking note of the alleged attack on a witness, a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana directed the state government to take necessary steps to ensure the protection of witnesses in the case. Advocate Dushyant Dave, along with lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appeared for the farmers seeking cancellation of bail granted to Ashish Mishra on February 10 by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. "The learned judge of the high court has completely misdirected himself on the principles governing grant of bail particularly when the trial court, by a very well reasoned order had refused bail," Mr Dave argued at the outset.

Source - NDTV