The Allahabad High Court on September 27 deferred, till October 17, the hearing on an appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2004 against Union Minister Ajay Mishra's acquittal in a murder case that is more than 20 years old.
Justices Ramesh Sinha and Renu Agrawal of the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court passed the Order. The case pertains to the murder of Prabhat Gupta which took place in Lakhimpur Kheri in 2000.