Bombay HC seeks to examine material relied on to file closure report in Pune woman’s death in 2021

A seat of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar was proceeding a PIL filed by BJP person Chitra Wagh that sought registration of an FIR successful the case.

On May 9, 2021, Advocate General Birendra Saraf, representing the authorities government, produced a study of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), based connected the enquiry conducted nether Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which recovered that the decease had occured owed to termination oregon an accident.

The ACP besides submitted an affidavit of a constabulary inspector, which referred to the 2 orders of a magistrate tribunal connected March 5, 2021, done which abstracted applications nether Section 156 (3) of the CrPC seeking magisterial probe were rejected. The magistrate had refused the pleas connected the crushed that they did not disclose occurrence of immoderate cognisable offence.

“For the restitution of the court, we request to analyse the grounds collected during the people of investigation, based connected which a closure study dated May 9, 2021, was filed,” the seat noted portion seeking affidavit from the acrophobic authorization earlier adjacent day of proceeding connected December 16.