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#SupremeCourt a special bench will shortly hear the plea for cancellation of bail of Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the #lakhimpurkheri violence that happened in October 2021. The court had on the last date of hearing asked #UP to file a reply to the plea.

Uttar Pradesh in its counter has said that the kin of the victims of #lakhimpurkheri violence and the eye witnesses have been provided security. UP has also said that it vehemently opposed Mishra’s bail in High Court

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CJI Ramana said that the Committee has recommended cancellation of bail.

Sr Adv Mahesh Jethmalani appearing for State of UP said that I'll seek instructions on it.

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Sr Adv Dushyant Dave says that the judgment of the High Court suffers complete non application of mind.

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Jethmalani: Milords we have spoken, we haven't received any such letter.

The bench has posted the matter for Friday.

Dave: Milords there is one thing very serious, the accused has filed an affidavit about the evidences.

CJI: We are not on that.

The bench has further directed the copies of the letter to be supplied to the State.

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