The high court has directed all the five officers who were present at the time of the encounter to submit their CDR records and has also directed preservation of CCTV footage.

The Bombay high court on Wednesday reprimanded the government for not failing to give information to the members of the committee set up to look into the guidelines for the safety and security of children in schools following the sexual assault on two minor girls inside school premises by a cleaning staff in Badlapur in August.

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.

Mumbai/IBNS: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to accept police's "encounter" claim after the man accused of sexually assaulting two nursery students in Badlapur near Mumbai was shot dead in a retaliatory firing when he attacked a cop inside a police vehicle on Monday evening.

Mumbai: Even as the Bombay High Court raised doubts over the encounter of the accused Akshay Shinde, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday reiterated that the police escort team fired in self-defence and asked what if the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case had run away after opening fire.

The Bombay High Court has raised concerns over the encounter of Akshay Shinde, an accused in a school sexual assault case. The court questioned the police's version of events and emphasized the need for a fair and impartial investigation.

The incident could have been avoided, the court said and directed a fair and impartial probe into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

The Bombay High Court said while it was not raising any suspicion at this stage, it was very hard to believe that Akshay Shinde managed to seize a pistol from a police officer and open fire.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said the shoot-out of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde could have been avoided and urged for the probe into his death to be carried out in a fair a

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the State CID to conduct a fair and impartial probe into the alleged encounter of Badlapur sexual assault accused. The court said that it did not suspect the police but expressed that they must come clean.

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,