India, Oct. 24 -- LUCKNOW The ongoing trial in the October 3, 2021, Lakhimpur Kheri violence case - in which Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra 'Teni', is the prime accused - is set for a course correction after the state government appointed a new public prosecutor.

The trial will take place in the court of new district judge Lokesh Rai, who was appointed on October 14.

The state government has appointed advocate Kapil Katiyar, who is also a government advocate, as special public prosecutor to represent the state in court, replacing public prosecutor Prabhakar Brahm Mishra, who was holding charge of additional district government counsel (ADGC).

In another major change, Allahabad high court has a...