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The Supreme Court (SC) connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) allowed Ashish Mishra, lad of erstwhile Union Minister Ajay Mishra and an accused successful the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri unit case, to question to his hometown betwixt December 25 and 31, 2025 to beryllium with his girl up of her Class XII Board examinations.
The Supreme Court had connected October 9, 2025 allowed Mr. Mishra to question to his hometown Lakhimpur Kheri connected October 20, 2025 to observe Deepavali on with his household members.
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A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took enactment of the submissions of elder advocator Siddharth Dave, appearing for Mr. Mishra, and allowed the plea and reiterated that the earlier bail conditions, including nary governmental participation, would proceed to apply.
During the little hearing, the CJI noted the presumption of the ongoing proceedings against Mr. Mishra and others, and said 36 witnesses person been examined and 85 are inactive to beryllium examined.
Similarly, successful different proceedings pertaining to the different First Information Report (FIR), 35 witnesses are yet to beryllium examined.
The Uttar Pradesh Additional Advocate General told the Bench that 789 trials are pending earlier the aforesaid justice who is proceeding this case.
The Bench said that assorted peculiar courts are overburdened and said the issues volition beryllium taken up holistically successful March, 2026.
Earlier, portion allowing Mr. Mishra to question to his location town, the Bench had said the anterior bail conditions that governmental workers oregon the nationalist shall not beryllium associated with specified celebrations successful immoderate capableness volition beryllium imposed.
The Supreme Court had directed Mr. Mishra to enactment retired of Lakhimpur till the pendency of the proceedings successful the case. On January 20, 2025, the Supreme Court sought a study from the State constabulary aft allegations, accusing Mr. Mishra of influencing witnesses successful the Lakhimpur Kheri unit case, surfaced.
Mr. Mishra had denied the allegations and said each clip the substance was listed, specified averments were made for the cancellation of his bail granted by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court granted him bail connected July 22, 2024 and restricted his movements successful Delhi and Lucknow.
On October 3, 2021, eight people, including 4 farmers, were killed successful Tikunia successful Lakhimpur Kheri territory during a protestation by farmers against Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s sojourn to the area. Four farmers were mowed down by a sports inferior vehicle.
A operator and 2 BJP workers were past allegedly lynched by aggravated farmers. A writer besides died successful the violence.
The proceedings tribunal successful December 2023 framed charges against Mr. Mishra and 12 others for murder, transgression conspiracy and nether different penal laws successful the lawsuit of the farmers’ deaths, paving the mode for the proceedings of the case.
