India, Jan. 22 -- The Bombay High Court has quashed a first information report (FIR) against a retired army officer, Captain Baliram Bhaskarrao Shinde, for allegedly assaulting a mentally ill man who intruded into his house in Pune in 2020, leading to his death a few hours later.

The FIR, registered 44 days after the incident, was "totally false, concocted and a dishonest and malafide afterthought", aimed at covering the inaction and negligence of police authorities, the division bench of justices AS Gadkari and Shyam Chandak said on December 24, while quashing the FIR against Shinde.

The 73-year-old retired army officer had moved the court in 2021, seeking quashing of the FIR registered at the Chandan Nagar police station in Pune on Oc...