The Bombay High Court expressed skepticism about the police’s account of Akshay Shinde’s death in a supposed encounter, demanding an impartial investigation and questioning the police’s self-defense claims,

Bombay HC said shoot-out of Akshay Shinde could have been avoided and urged for probe into his death to be carried out in a fair manner.

A division bench, comprising Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan, remarked that if they find the ongoing investigation inadequate.

Mumbai: Relatives of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case who was killed in retaliatory firing by the police on Monday, initially refused to collect his body but later agreed to do so on Tuesday.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Maharashtra police over the death of Badlapur sexual assault accused Akshay Shinde in an encounter on Monday. The Division Bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithviraj Chavan questioned the Thane police’s claim that Shinde had snatched a policeman’s weapon,

Eknath Shinde accused the Opposition of changing its stance over the incident. "They had blocked railway services for nine hours at Badlapur railway station. They said that we would hang the culprit here.

During a hearing on Wednesday, the Bombay High Court expressed skepticism regarding the police's characterization of the incident involving Akshay Shinde, who was killed in a "retaliatory firing." The court noted,

The Bombay High Court has raised concerns over the police encounter of Akshay Shinde, accused of sexual assault in Badlapur. The court questioned the plausibility of Shinde seizing a police pistol and firing it.

The Bombay high court scrutinised several aspects of the Baldapur encounter case, urging a fair and impartial investigation. It questioned why Akshay Shinde was shot in the head rather than being subdued and directed that all evidence be handed over to Maharashtra CID.

Akshay Shinde, who was employed as a sweeper at the school where he committed the crime, died in retaliatory firing on Monday after he snatched a police officer's weapon and opened fire at the cops, according to the police.