Akshay Shinde, the accused in the case of sexual assault on two schoolgirls in Badlapur, was encountered by the police on Monday. Objecting to this, his father rushed to the High Court. A hearing was held on this matter on Wednesday, September 25. During the hearing, the High Court came down hard on the police.
‘How could the accused become aggressive when there were four policemen?', the court asked. Also, 'It takes strength to operate a pistol. A common man cannot operate it. It cannot be called an encounter. The court ordered the police to submit the report and CCTV footage immediately.’
The Bombay High Court raised many questions on Akshay Shinde's encounter case. During this hearing, the court raised many questions on the performance of the Thane police. How could the accused be aggressive when there were four police officers? The police officer who shot should have shot below the waist? The court raised such questions.
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The court questioned the action of the police and said, 'Take samples of the hand of the injured police officer today. You should have fired on feet, on hands. This cannot be called an encounter.' Also, 'When was the FIR filed in the case of assault on the accused? Did you seal the place of the incident for evidence? Did the accused use a pistol or a revolver?' Such questions were raised. The public prosecutor told the court that a pistol was used on this. So the court further asked if the pistol was loaded, then how did the accused use it?' When asked such a question, the lawyer said that the pistol was not locked.
After the public prosecutor's reply, the court said, 'It is difficult to accept what you are saying as truth. A common man cannot use a pistol. Why was there no pistol lock saying 'it needs strength'? If someone takes the accused like this, why so careless?', asked the court at this time. The pistol should have hand marks of the accused. Submit the report in this regard in the next hearing', said the court.
Also, the accused had fired three bullets. If one hit the police, where are the other two bullets?' The court asked this question. While replying to this, the public prosecutor said, 'The police officer has been injured in the thigh.' The court asked another question to the government prosecutor that whether this incident took place in a residential area? Answering this, he said, 'It happened in the Mumbra area. On one side is the residential area and on the other is the hill.' Also, was the accused wearing a veil? To this the public prosecutor replied no.
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