New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Ashish Mishra, son of former union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, to visit his hometown Lakhimpur Kheri from December 25 to 31.
The Bench relaxed his bail conditions only to this limited extent.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted from the updated status report filed by Uttar Pradesh that 36 witnesses have been examined in the main trial, while 85 witnesses remain, and 10 have been exempted.
The Court also recorded the submission of the State's Additional Advocate General that 789 trials are currently pending before the same trial judge.
Taking note of the extraordinary wor...