The Lucknow bench of Allahabad HC on Thursday granted bail to Ashish Mishra, the prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri hit and run case.
A vehicle had crushed down farmers who were protesting against the farm laws on October 3 last year.
Local farmers had blamed Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’ and his son Ashish Mishra for the violence that left eight dead, including four farmers, a local journalist, and three others.
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They were mowed down allegedly by a vehicle that was part of the convoy of the Minister in Lakhimpur Kheri in north-central Uttar Pradesh.
An SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence had filed a charge sheet against four people in connection with the lynching of two BJP workers and a car driver.
Two FIRs were registered after the incident in October last year.
In the first FIR, Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son along with 15 to 20 people were accused of mowing down four farmers and a journalist during a protest over the visit of UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
The second FIR was lodged by one Sumit Jaiswal against unidentified people, alleging that they lynched two BJP workers and a driver during the violence on October 3.
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