Title - Mishra murder hearing

New Delhi: The final arguments in the murder case of former railway minister L.N. Mishra will commence daily from August 27 in a Delhi court. The date of the final arguments was fixed after the Supreme Court on August 17 said the trial could not be quashed merely on basis of delay. "Put up (the case) for final arguments on August 27, 2012 on a day-to-day basis," additional district judge Vinod Goel said in his order. Mishra was killed in a bomb blast at Samastipur railway station on January 3, 1975. The judge took the decision after accused Santoshanand Avadhuta's counsel, amicus curiae Ashwani Kumar Bali, who was recently appointed by the court, submitted that he needed time for inspection of the file and to go through documents. The counsel "can take down notes during arguments by the special public prosecutor and, in the meanwhile, (he) may inspect the file and go through the documents," the court said.