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==Investigation and trial == | ==Investigation and trial == | ||
[[Indira Gandhi]] blamed "foreign elements" for the murder, probably referring to the CIA.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article567013.ece |title=Indira's India and the KGB}}</ref> His brother [[Jagannath Mishra]] denied the claim that LN Mishra and [[Indira Gandhi]] had received bribes from the [[KGB]] as alleged in the [[Mitrokhin Archives]]; the Congress Party describes the book as "pure sensationalism and vague".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/india-news/full_story.php?content_id=78340 |archive-url=https://archive. | [[Indira Gandhi]] blamed "foreign elements" for the murder, probably referring to the CIA.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article567013.ece |title=Indira's India and the KGB}}</ref> His brother [[Jagannath Mishra]] denied the claim that LN Mishra and [[Indira Gandhi]] had received bribes from the [[KGB]] as alleged in the [[Mitrokhin Archives]]; the Congress Party describes the book as "pure sensationalism and vague".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/india-news/full_story.php?content_id=78340 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127051720/http://www.indianexpress.com/india-news/full_story.php?content_id=78340 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 January 2013 |title=Timeless mystery |author=Sudhi Rajan Sen |work=The Indian Express |date= 18 September 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | ||
| url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/18kgb.htm | | url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/18kgb.htm | ||
| title = Allegations in Mitrokhin Archives vague: Congress | | title = Allegations in Mitrokhin Archives vague: Congress | ||
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On 26 July 2012, the Supreme Court stated that it will go into the causes of delay as even after 33 years, the trial was yet to conclude in the session court.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3688644.ece| title=Supreme Court to go into delay after 1991 in L.N. Mishra murder case| date=27 July 2012| location=Chennai, India| work=The Hindu| first=J.| last=Venkatesan| access-date=27 July 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729045558/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3688644.ece| archive-date=29 July 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> As of July 2013, the 27-year-old man accused of the murder was 65 years old. Of the 39 witnesses he cited to prove his innocence, 31 have died. More than 20 different judges have heard his case over the years, supposedly on a day-by-day basis.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Swaminomics/entry/without-quick-justice-politics-will-stay-criminalized | title=Without quick justice, politics will stay criminalized | author=SA Aiyar | date=17 July 2013 | work=The Times Of India | access-date=17 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724053007/http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Swaminomics/entry/without-quick-justice-politics-will-stay-criminalized | archive-date=24 July 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> | On 26 July 2012, the Supreme Court stated that it will go into the causes of delay as even after 33 years, the trial was yet to conclude in the session court.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3688644.ece| title=Supreme Court to go into delay after 1991 in L.N. Mishra murder case| date=27 July 2012| location=Chennai, India| work=The Hindu| first=J.| last=Venkatesan| access-date=27 July 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729045558/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3688644.ece| archive-date=29 July 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> As of July 2013, the 27-year-old man accused of the murder was 65 years old. Of the 39 witnesses he cited to prove his innocence, 31 have died. More than 20 different judges have heard his case over the years, supposedly on a day-by-day basis.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Swaminomics/entry/without-quick-justice-politics-will-stay-criminalized | title=Without quick justice, politics will stay criminalized | author=SA Aiyar | date=17 July 2013 | work=The Times Of India | access-date=17 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724053007/http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Swaminomics/entry/without-quick-justice-politics-will-stay-criminalized | archive-date=24 July 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
After 39 years of trial, | After 39 years of trial, on 8 December 2014 four men accused of Mishra's murder were found guilty by a Delhi court. A fifth accused in the case had died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/former-union-minister-l-n-mishra-gets-justice-39-years-after-his-murder-631563|title=Former Union Minister LN Mishra Gets Justice 39 Years After His Murder|author=Alok Pandey|date=8 December 2014|work=NDTV.com}}</ref> Three [[Ananda Marga]] followers, Santoshanand, Sudevanand and Gopalji, along with advocate Ranjan Dwivedi, were held guilty of murdering Mishra and two others. They were sentenced to life imprisonment by district judge and were fined amounts ranging from Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000. The court noted that [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]], the religious leader of Ananda Marga, was jailed following his accusations in a murder case so his followers murdered Mishra to build pressure on Indira Gandhi government to release Sarkar. Sarkar was later acquitted. The court also noted that the six Ananda Marga followers met at a village in [[Bhagalpur district]], Bihar and planned the conspiracy in 1973.<ref name="Standard 2014">{{cite news|agency=PTI|title=L N Mishra case: Four convicts awarded life sentence by trial court.|publisher=Business Standard|date=18 December 2014|url=http://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/l-n-mishra-case-four-convicts-awarded-life-sentence-114121801192_1.html|accessdate=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218205605/http://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/l-n-mishra-case-four-convicts-awarded-life-sentence-114121801192_1.html|archive-date=18 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In a recent trial, the High Court quashed the verdict of the lower trial court and all the four accused have been acquitted as the evidence provided by C.B.I. could not convince the High Court bench. | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||