The Supreme Court Monday declined to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order, which had upheld the acquittal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni in the alleged murder of SP worker Prabhat Gupta in Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh 23 years ago.

Dismissing the plea, a bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal said the trial court as well as the high court had returned concurrent findings acquitting the accused and it did not want to interfere with it.

Gupta was shot dead in July 2000. Police charged Mishra and three others in connection with the crime.

(With inputs from agencies)