New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 22) sought a report from the Allahabad high court over allegations levelled by the counsel of the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case against the trial judge who is hearing the case, reported Bar and Bench.Ashish Mishra, son of former Union Minister Ajay Mishra, is among the accused in the case.Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the victims in the case, told a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana that the trial judge had taken up cases himself that were assigned to other courts and granting relief to accused persons.Bhushan specifically alleged that the judge had assigned several cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to himself and also granted bail in them.“There are some very disturbing events which have taken place, which will shock Your Lordships’ conscience as to how this judge, who is currently dealing with it. Apparently, what he has done is quite shocking, not just in this case but in so many other cases,” Bhushan told the top court.Bhushan further alleged that the site plan relevant to the Lakhimpur Kheri violence also went missing from the trial court record and that the judge had not followed the procedure for dealing with its absence.The court asked Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Arun Bhansali to examine Bhushan’s allegations against the trial judge.“Let a copy of this IA also be placed before the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court to take note of, and let a report concerning the IA be submitted before us in a sealed cover before the next date,” said the court on Tuesday.Bhushan sought the removal of the judge from the trial, saying that his continued involvement could result in a “gross miscarriage of justice”.He also said that the public prosecutor had recently been replaced and the new prosecutor had only around 4 months’ experience.“Let the State government take instructions and place on record its affidavit within two weeks as to which senior, experienced public prosecutor can be allotted for the case,” said the court.The Lakhimpur Kheri violence dates back to October 3, 2021, when eight people, including four farmers, were killed when violence broke out in Tikunia located in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district when farmers were protesting against deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the area.Four farmers were mowed down by a sports utility vehicle. A driver and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were then lynched allegedly by angry farmers. A journalist also died in the violence. Ashish Mishra, the key accused, is the son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra.