The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday told the Supreme Court that its investigation had found no evidence linking Ashish Mishra or his father, former Union minister Ajay Mishra, to allegations of witness intimidation in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, Live Law reported.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing Ashish Mishra’s bail plea.
He remains on bail granted by the court, which is monitoring the progress of the trial in the main case.
The bench was informed that the investigation into the first information report alleging witness intimidation had been completed and that no incriminating material had been found against Ashish Mishra, Ajay Mishra or others named in the complaint.
The bench took note of the police status report, which stated that a chargesheet had been filed only against one person, Amandeep Singh and that an appropriate court had taken cognisance of the matter.
Ashish Mishra’s lawyer submitted that his client had not been named in the chargesheet and said the trial would conclude within three months, Bar and Bench reported.
The Supreme Court granted the complainant two weeks to file an additional affidavit in response to the police’s status report.
The case alleging witness intimidation was registered in October after the Supreme Court criticised the Uttar Pradesh Police for failing to act…
