Overview
- The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a status report in the Supreme Court on Thursday saying its probe found no evidence that Ashish Mishra or his father Ajay Mishra threatened witnesses, and that a chargesheet was lodged only against Amandeep Singh.
- The three‑judge bench took the report on record and granted the complainant two weeks to file an additional affidavit in response to the police findings.
- The witness‑intimidation FIR was registered after the Supreme Court in 2025 criticised the police for delaying action on a complaint by prosecution witness Baljinder Singh and ordered a DSP‑rank officer to complete the probe.
- The main criminal trial arising from the October 3, 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence remains active with roughly 60 to 64 prosecution witnesses still to be examined and parties telling the court the trial could finish in about three months.
- Because the case is politically sensitive and closely watched by victims’ families, the police finding and the complainant’s forthcoming affidavit could shape whether the Supreme Court presses for faster witness protection and tighter trial supervision going forward.