This is an archive article published on October 25, 2024
Bombay HC seeks to examine material relied on to file closure report in Pune woman’s death in 2021
According to the enquiry report of the state police, it had been concluded that the death had occurred either on account of suicide or because of accident.
The victim is allegedly linked to state minister Sanjay Rathod. (File Photo)
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the state government to give details of material based on which it had filed a closure report in a 2021 Pune woman’s death case so that it can examine the evidence collected.
The victim is allegedly linked to state minister Sanjay Rathod. According to the enquiry report of the state police, it had been concluded that the death had occurred either on account of suicide or because of accident.
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A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar was hearing a PIL filed by BJP leader Chitra Wagh that sought registration of an FIR in the case.
On May 9, 2021, Advocate General Birendra Saraf, representing the state government, produced a report of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), based on the enquiry conducted under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which found that the death had occured due to suicide or an accident.
The court also perused the affidavit of a police inspector, which referred to the two orders of a magistrate court on March 5, 2021, through which separate applications under Section 156 (3) of the CrPC seeking magisterial probe were rejected. The magistrate had refused the pleas on the ground that they did not disclose the occurrence of any cognisable offence.
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“For the satisfaction of the court, we need to examine the evidence collected during the course of investigation, based on which a closure report dated May 9, 2021, was filed,” the bench noted while seeking affidavit from the concerned authority before next date of hearing on December 16.
The victim is allegedly linked to state minister Sanjay Rathod. (File Photo) 
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