New Delhi:
The Bombay Excessive Courtroom has pulled up the Maharashtra authorities and the Mumbai police for the second straight day over the probe within the dying case of Disha Salian – the previous supervisor of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Disha Salian died on June 8, 2020, after falling from the 14th flooring of a residential constructing in Mumbai’s Malad space.
Mentioning the discrepancies within the investigation, the court docket questioned how a fall from the 14th flooring may solely break enamel. It additionally famous the lacking bloodstains round her physique and the patterns of damage. “How did a fall from such a peak not fracture the cranium and solely break the enamel?” the court docket questioned.
To this, Public Prosecutor Shishir Rent argued that extreme facial, cranium, and rib fractures had been recorded and the bleeding relied on the purpose of affect.
Addressing the shortage of bloodstains, Rent argued that monsoon rains might need washed the blood away.
The court docket instantly countered Rent, noting that it rained at 9:40 am – practically six hours after the incident occurred.
The court docket then identified obvious inconsistencies concerning Salian’s garments, saying that whereas the panchnama and autopsy report said that Salian’s physique had no garments, the pictures on the hospital and morgue confirmed the sufferer sporting garments.
“There may be room for cheap doubt in all these points. Nevertheless, we aren’t drawing any conclusion at this stage,” the court docket stated.
Disha Salian’s father’s point out
The Mumbai police had registered an Unintended Loss of life Report (ADR) over Disha Salian’s dying. Whereas the police, after conducting an inquiry, claimed that she died by suicide, her father Satish Salian filed a petition within the Excessive Courtroom final yr, alleging his daughter was gang raped and murdered.
The Public Prosecutor informed the court docket that Salian’s father had made a press release on January 15, 2024, saying his daughter died by suicide as a consequence of monetary melancholy and that the dad and mom maintain no complaints towards anybody. His assertion had additionally clarified that he solely is aware of Aaditya Thackeray as a political determine as a result of the police talked about his identify, and there’s no different connection to him on this case.
Rent additionally cited the assertion of Rohan Rai – who lived with Salian throughout the lockdown, noting that he was the primary particular person to be interrogated and the closest to her well-being. Rai’s assertion had talked about that Disha had a dispute along with her father, and the 2 had not spoken for 3 months earlier than the incident.
Rai additionally completely dominated out the potential of homicide, stating she died by suicide beneath immense stress.
Rent informed the court docket that political capital shouldn’t be made out of this case after six years simply because individuals have variations of opinion.
Citing medical reviews and the CrPC 164 assertion of Physician Jadhav, who carried out Salian’s autopsy, Rent stated there may be zero proof of any sexual assault. He additionally argued that regardless of publishing ads inviting complaints or objections concerning the case, nobody got here ahead.
The court docket then stopped Rent’s detailed defence, saying, “There isn’t a must go this deep. There isn’t a scope for the purpose you’re making right here”.
The court docket raised crucial questions concerning the police inquiry carried out beneath Part 174 of the CrPC (about unnatural deaths).
Advocate Sudeep Pasbola, representing Aaditya Thackeray, argued that the petitioner bypassed authorized treatments by approaching the Excessive Courtroom instantly with out first submitting a police grievance.
