Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: SC expresses disappointment over non-production of witnesses

NEW DELHI: (May 8) The Supreme Court on Friday expressed disappointment over the non-production of witnesses in the ongoing trial against Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, and others in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the status report filed before it by the Uttar Pradesh government has not assigned any reason whatsoever for non-production of witnesses.

It noted that no witnesses have been examined in the trial for around two months.