Badlapur encounter case: Bombay HC constitutes SIT, says 'encounter' needs 'thorough investigation'

The Bombay High Court on Monday constituted SIT to investigate the Badlapur Encounter Case. Hearing the case, the High Court bench – led by Justice Revati Mohite-Dere – stated that the deceased died with bullet injuries and the “encounter” needs “thorough investigation”.

About Badlapur Encounter Case

Accused Akshay Shinde was arrested in August last year for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls inside the toilet of a school in which he was an attendant, and he was killed in an alleged encounter on September 23 while being taken from Taloja prison for questioning.

In March, senior advocate Manjula Rao had told the Bombay High Court division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale that following the incident, Shinde's parents had given written information to the local police in which they raised suspicion about the killing.

Rao was appointed as amicus curiae (friend of the court) to assist the court in the case.

The police had registered an ADR (accidental death report) in connection with the alleged encounter and the probe was later transferred to the state CID.

When the ADR was transferred to CID, it is pertinent that they would have got written information submitted by Shinde's parents, along with other documents, based on which an FIR ought to have been registered, Rao had told the court.

An FIR is mandatory as per the provisions of law so that the investigation can proceed, she had said.

It is an initial document, which sets the investigation into motion, Rao had said.

According to the police, Akshay Shinde was shot at by senior inspector Sanjay Shinde after the accused snatched the gun of a personnel and opened fire.

Assistant police inspector Nilesh More, two constables and the police driver were also present in the van at the time of the alleged shootout.