India, Feb. 28 -- :MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday expressed displeasure over Thane sessions court keeping in abeyance the report of a judicial magistrate who inquired into the encounter killing of Akshay Shinde - the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assaults case.

The sessions court has put the report on hold, citing judicial impropriety to deal with the matter since the high court was hearing the case.

A bench comprising justice Revati Mohite-Dere and justice Dr Neela Gokhale was hearing a petition filed by Akshay's father, Anna Shinde, seeking investigation into his son's encounter killing, claiming that the encounter was staged, and his son was killed for political reasons.

Anna had earlier sought to withdraw the pet...