Lakhimpur Kheri killing case | SC allows Ashish Mishra to take care of ailing mother in Delhi
The HinduThe Supreme Court on September 26, 2023, “deemed it appropriate” to allow Ashish Mishra, son of a Union Minister and prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri killings case, to “visit and stay” in Delhi to take care of his ailing mother and daughter, who is scheduled for a surgery. In January, the top court had forbidden Mr. Mishra from entering Delhi and Uttar Pradesh as a condition for granting him interim bail. Mr. Mishra is accused of murder after an SUV allegedly belonging to his convoy mowed down farmers protesting controversial agricultural laws in a rally at Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh on October 3, 2021. The Supreme Court had at the time reasoned that the interim bail and conditions imposed on Mr. Mishra was a balancing of the right of the accused to liberty, the right of the State to conduct a fair trial and the right of the victim to get justice.