Hearing the petition filed by the families of the victims of Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Supreme Court set aside the 10 February order of the UP High Court for “ignoring judicial

precedents and established parameters for grant of bail.” Allowing the petition filed by the victim's family, the SC also directed that the families will be provided with the legal aid

counsel if the petitioners are unable to engage a lawyer of their own. Justice NV Ramana-led SC bench further said that the families would be given sufficient opportunity to be heard during

the Mishra's bail plea hearing in the future.