Mumbai, April 25 -- The Bombay Court on Friday rapped the Maharashtra Police for failing to transfer the probe into the custodial death of the Badlapur sexual assault accused to a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the judiciary,
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhalem which was hearing the petition, said the act of not transferring the case despite clear orders amounts to criminal contempt of court.
Amicus Curiae and Sr Adv Manjula Rao informed the court that despite orders to transfer the papers, nothing has been done yet.
The court also expressed displeasure over no FIR registered against the policemen who are suspected to be involved in the death of the accused.
During the hearing, ...