After almost three years, 11 accused involved in the famous case that took place in Lakhimpur Kheri Tikunia in October 2021 have been granted regular bail by the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court. These include Ankit Das and other key accused, who were in jail in this case.
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Eight people lost their lives in the incident, after which all of them were sent to jail. All the accused were already on interim bail, but now the court has also granted them regular bail conditionally. The court made it clear that in case of non-cooperation in the trial, the bail can be cancelled.
Tikuniya What is a scandal?
This incident took place on October 3, 2021, when during the farmers’ movement in Tikunia, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ashish Mishra alias Monu, son of the then Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, was accused of ramming a Thar vehicle on four protesting farmers and a journalist. Due to which he died. After this, angry protesters killed Ashish Mishra’s driver and two other people.
The police revealed the names of several others during the investigation, including Ankit Das, Nandan Singh Bisht, Latif alias Kale, Satyam Tripathi, Shekhar Bharti, Dharmendra Singh Banjara, Ashish Pandey, Rinku Rana, Ullas Kumar Trivedi, Lavkush, Sumit Jaiswal and Shishupala is included. After investigation, all of them were arrested and sent to jail.
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A single bench of Justice Krishna Pahal heard the bail pleas of all the accused together and granted regular bail. The court said that all the accused will have to cooperate in the trial, otherwise their bail can be cancelled. The counsel for the accused told the court that there are a total of 114 witnesses in this case, out of which statements of only seven witnesses have been recorded so far.
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The main accused in the Tikunia case, Ashish Mishra alias Monu, was granted regular bail by the Supreme Court in July 2024. Taking note of this, the High Court also accepted the regular bail petitions of other accused. No complaint has come forward against these accused while they were released on interim bail, due to which the court approved their bail.
Opposition from government and plaintiffs
The state government and the plaintiff’s counsel had opposed the bail. He said that the release of these accused could affect the trial. However, after hearing the arguments of both the parties, the court ordered that the accused be granted regular bail on the condition of cooperating in the trial.
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The court says that the trial of the case may take a long time. The main accused has already got bail from the Supreme Court, and the other accused have complied with the conditions during interim bail. Now after the court’s order, all these 11 accused will not go to jail, the judge said, provided they cooperate in the trial and keep following the conditions of the court.
