Lakhimpur Kheri killing case | SC allows Ashish Mishra to visit and stay in Delhi to take care of ailing mother

The Supreme Court on Tuesday relaxed the bail conditions of Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra and the prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The court has allowed him to travel to Delhi to look after his ailing mother and daughter, Live Law reported.

Farmer bodies have alleged that a vehicle belonging to Ashish Mishra had run over a group of demonstrators on October 3, 2021. Eight persons, including four farmers, were killed on that day after violence broke out in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh during a protest against the Centre’s agricultural laws that have now been repealed.

At Tuesday’s hearing, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta modified the bail conditions, which so far barred Mishra from travelling to Uttar Pradesh and the National Capital Region. Mishra’s counsel told the court that his mother has been admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi and that his daughter needs treatment for deformities in her leg.