Lakhimpur Kheri violence case | SC extends interim bail of Ashish Mishra

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till September 26 the interim bail of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish, facing prosecution in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till September 26 the interim bail of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish, facing prosecution in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta noted that trial was going on in the case and adjourned the matter.

The top court on April 24 had said that it may not be possible to direct the trial court to conduct day-to-day hearings in the case as it may affect other cases pending there.

While hearing the matter on March 14, the apex court had said the trial in the case was not "slow paced" and directed the sessions judge concerned to keep apprising it about the future developments of the trial.

The top court had observed though it is not monitoring the trial, it is having an "indirect supervision" on it.

It had said the interim direction contained in its January 25 order, by which it had granted eight-week interim bail to Ashish Mishra in the case, shall continue to operate.

The court had also directed Ashish Mishra to leave Uttar Pradesh within one week of his release from jail.