Charges framed against Ashish Mishra, 14 in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

Lakhimpuri Kheri: Charges have been framed in the Lakhimpur Kheri court against 14 accused, including Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, in connection with the violence in Tikonia in October 2021.

The matter will be heard next on December 16. The accused who were charged in the court of Additional District Judge Sunil Kumar Verma are Ashish Mishra, Ankit Das, Nandan Singh Bisht, Latif Kale, Satyam alias Satya Prakash Tripathi, Shekhar Bharti, Sumit Jaiswal, Ashish Pandey, Luvkush Rana, Shishupal, Ullas Kumar alias Mohit Trivedi, Rinku Rana, Varinder Shukla and Dharmendra.

Varinder Shukla has been charged under Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

The rest have been charged under sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 326, 427 and 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code and section 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act. Ashish Mishra, Ankit Das, Nandan Singh Bisht, Satya Prakash Tripathi, Latif Kale and Sumit Jaiswal have also been charged under the Arms Act.