SC backs HC's order in lawmaker's suicide
New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the Bombay high court's decision to quash a first information report (FIR) in the abetment to suicide case related to former parliamentarian Mohanbhai S Delkar, bringing final relief to nine accused, including Praful Khoda Patel, administrator of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, and Lakshadweep.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai and justice K Vinod Chandran pronounced the judgment.
Reading out the operative part of the judgment, Justice Chandran said the top court has confirmed the high court's September 2022 order and dismissed the appeal filed by Delkar's son, Abhinav.
The FIR, lodged at Mumbai's Marine Drive police station on March 9, 2021, had invoked s...
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