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The parents of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur rape case who was killed in an encounter with the police in Maharashtra, have told the Bombay High Court that they no longer want to fight the case related to their son’s death. On Thursday, February 6, they said this before a bench of Judge Revati Mohite Dere and Judge Neela Gokhale. The bench is hearing a petition related to the death of accused Akshay in custody. The next hearing in the case will be on Friday, February 8.
This petition was filed by Shinde’s father Anna Shinde, in which it is alleged that the police killed his son in a fake encounter. However, on Thursday, at the end of the proceedings, the parents told the bench that they are no longer interested in pursuing the case and want the case to be closed now. During this, they also said that there is no pressure of any kind on them and they have taken the decision to close the case themselves.
Akshay Shinde was killed in an encounter
Last year in 2024, a case of sexual assault of two girls inside the bathroom of a school in Badlapur town of Thane district came to light. In this case, the police arrested 24-year-old Akshay Shinde. Akshay worked as an attendant in that school. When the police was taking him from Taloja jail in Mumbai to Thane for interrogation, Akshay was killed in an alleged encounter with the police.
Five policemen were convicted
In the magistrate’s investigation report in January last month, five policemen were convicted in this case. The investigation report was submitted to the Bombay High Court, which said that the police’s claim of firing in self-defense in September last year is doubtful. Magistrate Ashok Shengade had said in his report that after considering all the evidence including the forensic report, it is found that there is solid evidence in the allegation of Akshay’s parents that their son was killed in a fake encounter. Akshay’s parents had claimed that their son was killed by the police in a fake encounter.
