Ashish Misra, the key accused in the Lakhimpur case, may not get to leave jail just yet. The bail order, issued by Allahabad High Court on Thursday, does not include all sections he has been charged with.
A 17-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur died on Sunday, four days after allegedly being assaulted by policemen over allegations of stealing his uncle's cellphone.
Uddhab Bharali, an innovator and Padma Shri recipient from Assam, has been booked by the North Lakhimpur Police for the alleged rape of a minor girl who was under his foster care.
The Uttar Pradesh Police's special investigation team probing the Lakhimpur Kheri incident where eight people were killed in an anti-farm law protest has submitted a 5,000-page chargesheet to a local court.