Vijay Kumar Mishra (born 7 September 1957) is an Indian and politician who has represented Gyanpur constituency on four terms as a member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.
[2] Mishra had been a member of the Samajwadi Party (SP), on whose symbol he successfully contested in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 assembly elections for Gyanpur constituency.
[3] Mishra and his daughter, Seema, who was then contesting a Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 Indian general election, were both provided with armed protection officers for a period up to April 2014, when the courts ordered that this measure, financed by the Uttar Pradesh government, was illegal.
As per the victim, Vijay Mishra and his relatives including his son had raped her in 2014 and she has been pressured as well as threatened for life to withdraw the case against them.
However, in November 2023, a special court Bhadohi convicted him in the case and ordered 15 years of imprisonment and imposed one lakh rupees fine.