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The Bombay High Court has vacated the stay on trial in the 2010 killing of criminal lawyer Shahid Azmi and rejected a plea filed by an accused seeking a change of the trial court on the grounds of "bias".
Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, was denied bail by a court on Wednesday in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
The prosecutors can decide to retry the case. this is a case i don't have to tell people that has drawn a lot of interest in that community and around the country. >> you heard from the note from the foreperson referencing this lone juror with issues and it sounded almost like this foreperson was asking for that juror to be maybe dismissed? is that even an option or a possibility? that would be up to the judge, right? not any member of the jury? >> this is a key point. the people on the jury are citizens they find facts. that is what they do and that is their determination. so they have to fin...
That is happening inside the courthouse. as soon as we get developments we will break in. tell us what happens if there is a hung jury. what are the next steps after that? >> reporter: certainly. as you mentioned, a lot of drama inside that courthouse right now. as ari melber described a few minutes ago this could be the bottom of the ninth inning perhaps in this trial if it turns out to be a hung jury. as you mentioned the judge has not made that determination yet but we are waiting and it could happen any moment. what happens next if there is a mistrial? this case not only attracted a lot of...
The core of the trial. mr. slagr's life also hangs in the balance when you look up to potentially 30 years in prison. you see this in a lot of trials. you see jurors struggling with that, taking their role seriously, looking at the evidence, debating each other and in this case, an 11-1 means that one person, obviously, has strong views and is standing up to the rest of them for the reasons they have reached. the other point that i would note, again, given what we have, which is not the whole story yet. >> right. >> is the foreperson referred to this person whose letter i just quoted is having...