Lakhimpur Kheri Case: Families Of Deceased Petition Supreme Court, Plead For Cancellation Of bail Of Ashish Mishra

New Delhi, February 21 (TNA) Relatives of the deceased farmers who were mowed down by a vehcile owned by the son of the union minister Ajay Mishra Teni in Lakhimpur Kheri have appealed to the Supreme Court to cancel the bail of Ashish Mishra, the prime accused.

The families of the farmers killed in Lakhimpur have urged the Supreme Court to cancel the bail of Ashish Mishra.

"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.

"The counsel could barely make any submissions and repeated calls to the court staff to get reconnected were to no avail and application filed by the victims before High Court for an effective rehearing was rejected," the plea said.