HC judge withdraws from bench hearing Ashish Mishra's bail plea

An Allahabad High court judge withdrew himself on Wednesday from a bench hearing the bail plea of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishras son Ashish Mishra Monu in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence caseJustice Rajeev Singh of the Lucknow bench of the high court who had granted bail to Ashish Mishra earlier recused himself from hearing it again after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail order last week on April 18While cancelling Mishras bail the Supreme Court had also asked the high court to decide his bail plea afresh and the plea came up for hearing before Justice Singhs bench But he recused himself from hearing it afreshJustice Singh however gave no reason for withdrawing himself from the singlejudge bench hearing the bail pleaThe next hearing of the bail plea too was not scheduled and it would be fixed for the next hearing after the constitution of a new bench to hear it a court official saidAshish Mishra had been arrested in the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case in which eight people including four farmers and a journalist were killed and several others were injured when a convoy of SUVs including a Thar allegedly owned by Ajay Mishra had run over a group of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur KheriIn the violence that followed two BJP workers and the driver of the Thar vehicle too were killed The farmers were protesting against the then Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Mauryas visit to the area on October 3 last yearAccording to the FIR lodged in the case Ashish Mishra was sitting in one of the carsThe Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court had granted regular bail to Ashish Mishra observing that the present case was one of accident by hitting with the vehicleBut the Supreme Court cancelled the bail saying that the victims were denied a fair and effective hearing by the Allahabad High Court which adopted a myopic view of the evidenceThe top court had also Ashish Mishra to surrender before the court and asked the high court to hear Mishras bail plea afreshMishra had surrendered before the court of Lakhimpur Kheris chief judicial magistrate on SundayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever