New Delhi, May 8 -- The Supreme Court on Friday expressed disappointment over the manner in which the trial in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence cases is progressing and orally observed that attempts were being made to get the accused discharged as several witnesses were being dropped by the prosecution without any explanation.

The Court has been monitoring the progress of the trials in the matter. Today, it is noted from the latest status report filed by the Uttar Pradesh government that in one of the two connected trials pending before the Sessions Judge at Lakhimpur Kheri, the prosecution had initially proposed to examine 208 witnesses but now intends to examine only around 120 witnesses.

Referring to the developments, the Court rema...