Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra and Lakhimpur Kheri violence case accused, released on bail

Ashish Mishra was arrested on October 9 last year by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

Lucknow: Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, who has been accused of mowing down four farmers in Lakhimpur on October 3 last year after a protest by farmers, was released from Lakhimpur jail on Tuesday evening. He was released after the Allahabad High Court corrected its order. 

Ashish Mishra had moved the Lucknow bench of the High Court seeking insertion of sections 302 (murder) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC that were ‘inadvertently’ not mentioned in the high court order as the jail authorities would not release him due to the omission.

"It is a mere typographical error, while the court already considered the bail under these sections too and, as such, the same may be allowed making the addition of these sections in the order," said the application.