UP farmer’s killings: Supreme court cancels the bail of Ashis Mishra

Ashis Mishra accused in the killing incident which was reported in UP, Lakhimpur last year. Among the eight people, four farmers were killed in Lakhimpur. A protest has been arisen during the visit of deputy chief minister Kehav Prasad Maurya. It turned violent. Allegation was about the victims were knocked down by the an SUV. The Minister’s son (Ashis Mishra ) was seated on that car.

The supreme court has directed minister’s son to surrender within one week. Here are the top quotes from judges in this regards:

• Victims have the right to be heard in every proceeding. We hold that the victims have been denied the chance of an effective hearing in the present case.
• The High Court has taken into account several irrelevant considerations and overlooked precedents.
• The denial of the victims to be heard and the tearing hurry shown by the High Court merits the setting aside of the bail order.
• FIR cannot be treated as an encyclopedia of events. Judicial precedents were ignored.
• (When asked to direct a different High Court judge to hear the case) It would not be proper to pass such an order. We are sure that the same judge would not want to hear the matter again.

The judgement has been pronounced on the basis of case-filing by the victims of the family members. They challenged the bail given to Ashish Mishra by the Allahabad high Court. In February, the Allahabad High Court had granted bail to Ashish, nearly four months after he was arrested.
The state government had also faced difficulties in he response to the report during one of the hearings. The families of the victims alleged that the high court verdict was “unsustainable in eyes of law as there has been no meaningful and effective assistance by the state to the court in the matter”