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Badlapur sex case: HC orders SIT probe into accused's custodial death

Mumbai Apr 7 (UNI) The Bombay High Court on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Mumbai police to probe the custodial death of an accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case.
A Bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale passed an order while allowing the plea moved by the father of the 23-year-old deceased janitor seeking an SIT inquiry into his custodial death while claiming that his son was killed in a fake encounter case.
The SIT investigation by a team headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police will be conducted under the supervision of Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Lakhmi Gautam, the Court further ordered.
"A constitutional court cannot ignore the state's failure to fulfill its obligations. Refusal to investigate a crime undermines the rule of law, erodes public faith in justice, and allows perpetrators to go unpunished.
"The state's reluctance to even register an FIR has left the petitioner and his wife feeling helpless, forcing them to forgo closure over their son's untimely death. Such negligence weakens public trust in institutions and compromises the state's legitimacy. As a Constitutional Court, we cannot permit this and be mute spectators," the bench remarked.
It may be recalled that accused Shinde had been arrested by the Badlapur police for allegedly sexually assaulting minor girls at a local school. While in judicial custody at Taloja Prison, he was taken into police custody on September 23 via a transfer warrant in connection with a second FIR lodged by his wife.
However, during transit, he sustained firearm injuries and later succumbed. UNI AAA SSP

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