Ashish Mishra's request for bail in the matter of the mowing down of protesting farmers in October 2021 in Lakhimpur Kheri is being heard by the bench.
Digital Desk: A sessions judge told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the trial in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, in which the son of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra is an accused person, might take up to five years to complete in the normal course of events.
The additional sessions judge informed the apex court in a letter that the case included 27 forensic science laboratory (FSL) reports, 171 documents, and 208 prosecution witnesses.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and V Ramasubramanian stated that the sessions judge had stated that in the normal course, it might take five years.
The sessions court was asked by the top court last month how long it would typically take to complete the trial without interfering with other scheduled or important cases in that court.
Ashish Mishra's request for bail in the matter of the mowing down of protesting farmers in October 2021 in Lakhimpur Kheri is being heard by the bench.
The four suspects in a separate case filed over the deaths of three passengers in the SUV, which is accused of running over farmers in the event, were questioned by the court during the hearing to affirm whether they were still being held.
On January 19, the bench set the subject for further hearing.
On October 3, 2021, violence broke out in Tikunia in the Lakhimpur Kheri district when farmers protested the visit of Uttar Pradesh's then-Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. Eight people were murdered during the unrest.
According to the Uttar Pradesh Police FIR, Ashish Mishra was driving an SUV that mowed down four farmers.
After the incident, the driver and two BJP employees are said to have been lynched by enraged farmers. Also lost in the bloodshed was a journalist.
The trial was set to begin on December 6 of last year after the trial court filed charges against Ashish Mishra and 12 others for alleged crimes of murder, criminal conspiracy, and other offences in the case of the mowing down of protesting farmers in October 2021 in Lakhimpur Kheri.
IPC sections 147 and 148 relating to rioting, 149 (unlawful assembly), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 427 (mischief), 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy), and section 177 of the Motor Vehicle Act have all been used to charge a total of 13 defendants, including Ashish Mishra.
The remaining 12 accused are Ullas Kumar alias Mohit Trivedi, Ullas Kumar alias Lavkush Rana, Shishu Pal, Nandan Singh Bisht, Latif Kale, Satyam alias Satya Prakash Tripathi, Shekhar Bharti, Sumit Jaiswal, Ashish Pandey, Rinku Rana, and Dharmendra Banjara.
They're all behind bars.
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