The families of the protesting farmers who were run over in Lakhimpur Kheri challenged in the Supreme Court on Monday the grant of bail by the Allahabad High Court to accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni.
The families, represented by advocates Prashant Bhushan and Cheryl d’Souza, said they have appealed the February 10 bail order as the State of Uttar Pradesh has not budged as yet.
The petitioners have alleged that the bail was an “arbitrary” exercise of discretionary powers by the High Court and their lawyer was unable to present their side of the case.