India, July 5 -- The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Friday directed the police to register a first information report (FIR) in the custodial death of law student Somnath Suryawanshi, who was arrested in Parbhani in December 2024 following violence in the city over the desecration of a glass-encased replica of the Constitution.

The division bench of justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Sanjay A Deshmukh observed that prima facie evidence in the case indicated that Suryavanshi had been tortured in custody and directed the Mondha police station in Parbhani to register the FIR on the basis of the complaint filed by his mother Vijayabai within one week. The bench also asked the superintendent of police (SP) of Parbhani to hand over the...