The Supreme Court has upheld an order of the Allahabad High Court that dismissed an appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh Government in 2004 against Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s acquittal in a murder case.
The case pertains to the killing of Prabhat Gupta in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh in 2000.
A Supreme Court Bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal said it was not inclined to interfere with the concurrent findings of facts recorded by the Lucknow Bench of the High Court and the trial court.
