{"id":32952,"date":"2026-10-05T23:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32952"},"modified":"2026-10-05T23:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:26:29","slug":"lakhimpur-kheri-case-lakhimpur-kheri-case-up-changes-public-prosecutor-supreme-court-asks-allahabad-high-court-chief-justice-to-decide-on-trial-judge-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32952","title":{"rendered":"Lakhimpur Kheri Case: Lakhimpur Kheri case: UP changes public prosecutor; Supreme Court asks Allahabad High Court chief justice to decide on trial judge | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh government informed Supreme Court on Monday that it has decided to replace the public prosecutor in the 2021 case of farmers being mowed down in Lakhimpur Kheri, but said allegations against the outgoing PP by the witness were unfounded. Former minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish is an accused in the case.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana also forwarded the vigilance report on the trial judge, placed before it in a sealed cover, to the Allahabad HC chief justice for appropriate decision. The witness had accused the judge of improperly withdrawing to himself cases under NDPS and SC\/ST Act and acquitting the accused.UP standing counsel Ruchira Goel said the earlier PP was a seasoned prosecutor of 16 years and had not given up key witnesses as alleged.<\/p>\n

If doubts cast, better to replace PP: UP counsel<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

She said there were certain witnesses who had died and others had turned hostile, which he had given up. The bench said it understood the predicament but said whenever doubts were cast on the PP which would affect a free and fair trial, it was better to replace him.\u201cWe are not casting any aspersion on the professional ability of the earlier PP,\u201d the bench said.Appearing for Mishra, senior advocate Siddharth Dave accused the witness of attempting to prejudice the trial, the PP and the trial judge by making wild allegations and trying to coerce them to record a conviction. \u201cEvery now and then, the witness threatens the trial judge and the PP by stating that he will complain to SC,\u201d he said.The bench said the state had done a commendable job by replacing the PP but clarified, \u201cWe are not saying anything against anyone. Our only concern is that the trial should proceed smoothly in a free and fair manner.\u201d The bench, which is monitoring progress of the trial, was informed that 86 of 131 witnesses in the case had been examined. <\/p>\n

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