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The Bombay High Court declared the 2017 arrest of businessman Bipin Agrawal illegal, citing collusion between police officers and a private developer. The court ordered the state government to pay Rs 5 lakh in compensation to Agrawal and directed disciplinary action against the police and the Magistrate involved in the detention.
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team on 14 August 2025 to probe the custodial death of Dalit law student Somnath Suryawanshi after a magisterial inquiry report found police officials responsible. Following these events, the Maharashtra government issued new guidelines on 7 October 2025 prohibiting investigating officers from closing custodial death cases without incorporating conclusions from executive inquiries. The matter continues to be monitored by the court.
Akshay Shinde, who was accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case, died while in police custody. As reported on 20 January 2025, a judicial magistrate's inquiry concluded that five police officers were responsible for his death.
Anuj Thapan, an accused in the Salman Khan house firing case, died in police custody. On 7 December 2024, the Bombay High Court dismissed allegations of foul play regarding his death after previously criticizing the incomplete nature of the autopsy report in May 2024.
The Bombay High Court held that the 2012 death of a 32-year-old undertrial prisoner was caused by the negligence of jail staff and police in providing medical aid.
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