Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1100 · Decided 11 September 2025
Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Sharif v. The State of Maharashtra and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1100 · [2025] 10 S.C.R. 78
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3976/2025
- Decided
- 11 September 2025
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 324, 325, 326; CrPC Section 154; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
The complaint of the appellant before the High Court was that the police officers concerned had failed in their duty by not registering a First Information Report apropos the attack and assault on him by four individuals on 13.05.2023. The Division Court dismissed his writ petition, suspecting his bonafides. Penal Code, 1860 - s.307 r/w. ss.34, 324, 325, 326 - This litigation has its moorings in the communal riots that broke out in Akola City, Maharashtra, on 13.05.2023 owing to a social media post - The
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