Former MLA Vijay Mishra held guilty of rape, Bhadohi court to announce punishment today

“Vijay Mishra is held guilty under IPC section 376 -2(N) (commits rape repeatedly on the same woman). The court has, however, acquitted Mishra’s son Vishnu and his nephew Jyoti, giving them the benefit of the doubt and fixed Saturday for the pronouncement of sentence,” said Bhadohi District Government Counsel Dinesh Pandey.

Vishnu has land grabbing and other cases registered against him and he is lodged at the Lakhimpur Kheri jail, while Vikas Mishra is out on bail.

Both Vijay and Vishnu were brought to the Bhadohi court under tight police security from their respective jails.

According to the prosecution, the case dates back to 2020 when the victim lodged a case against the former MLA, his son and his nephew at a police station in Bhadohi. The complainant had alleged that in 2014, Mishra called her to perform at a programme at his house and raped her.

The complainant alleged that after raping her, Mishra told his son and nephew to drop her home, but they too allegedly raped her on her way home.

According to the prosecution, the victim alleged that the MLA had threatened her with her life to hush up the crime and raped her repeatedly since then.

In August 2020, Bhadohi police arrested Mishra in Agar Malwa district in Madhya Pradesh in an alleged property-grabbing case. Mishra’s wife Ramlali and son Vishnu were also booked on the complaint of their relative Krishna Mohan Tiwari, accusing them of grabbing his property in Bhadohi.

In May last year, police booked Mishra, his wife, their daughter and three others for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill Gyanpur MLA Vipul Dubey. Mishra, who contested from jail on a Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party ticket, lost to NISHAD Party candidate Dubey in the 2022 UP Assembly elections.

As per information, Bhadoi police have seized properties worth over Rs 50 crore linked to Vijay Mishra and his family members under the UP Gangsters’ Act. Last year, police seized a villa, estimated to be worth Rs 11.5 crore, belonging to the family in Lucknow under the Uttar Pradesh Gangster Act and the Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act.

Police said there are 83 cases registered against Mishra, who has been lodged in the Agra jail since August 2020, under various charges, including murder, robbery, kidnapping, rape and forgery, in Uttar Pradesh and other states.

In Uttar Pradesh, cases against Mishra have been registered in districts such as Bhadohi, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Mirzapur and Meerut.