Overview

• Uttar Pradesh Police told the Supreme Court that an FIR dated October 4 was registered at Padua police station under IPC Sections 195A, 506 and 120B, naming Ajay Mishra, his son Ashish Mishra and two others.
• A DSP recorded witness Baljinder Singh’s statement on September 19 in Punjab after tracing him, with police protection provided to him and his family as the complaint proceeded.
• The bench directed that a DSP or equivalent officer investigate the FIR and asked the state to place the latest status of the probe on record.
• On Mishra’s request, the court permitted a Diwali visit to Lakhimpur Kheri on October 20–21 with a return by October 22 under existing bail conditions that bar public or political participation.
• Trial updates noted 23 prosecution witnesses examined, nine dropped and a revised list of 131, with parties indicating about 99 witnesses still to be heard and the next batch summoned for October 27, as the court declined to fast-track the schedule.