Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Supreme Court Hearing-Live Updates

Justice Kant: your case is there was crowd of 4000-5000 persons who are all local people. And even post incident most of have been agitating, Thats what’s been reported. Identification of these people should not be a problem then! 

Salve: There’s lot of media evidence. It has to be certified so it can be admitted. Lot of them are formal witnesses who led to recovery and all, their 164 isn’t taken 

CJI: your case or anybody’s case is that there are 100’s of farmers, there was a rally going on and only 23 eye witnesses? 

Sr Adv Harish Salve for UP: There are some further figures which have been updated. Out of 68 witnesses, 30 have been recorded under 164 & i asked how many are wye witnesses, so 23 claim to be eye witness

A lot of them are formal witnesses.

AAG for UP: statements of several other are yet to be recorded. 7 more have been recorded after yesterday 

Sr Adv Garima Prashad, AAG for UP: we had circulated.

Bench: yes we have seen it. Why you kept except one accused, rest in police custody? For what purpose? 

Hearing Started

Harish Salve appearing for UP Govt