Badlapur sexual assault case: 5 policemen held responsible for death of accused Akshay Shinde in custody

A Magistrate Inquiry report was submitted on Monday to the Bombay High Court in response to a plea filed by the father of the Badlapur school sexual assault accused, who lost his life in an alleged fake encounter.

A bench comprising Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr. Neela Gokhale read the report aloud in open court on Monday. "It is said that as per the material collected and the FSL reports, the allegations of the parents of the deceased are justified and these five policemen are responsible for his death," the bench said.

According to Live Law, the report concluded that the force used by the officers during the altercation was "unjustified" and directly implicated them in the incident. It also noted the absence of the deceased's fingerprints on the gun, undermining the police’s claim of firing in self-defense, which the report described as "unjustified and suspicious."