Overview

• The victim, a 15-year-old former schoolmate, fell from the 30th-floor terrace of a Bhandup West high-rise after meeting her 16-year-old friend on June 24.
• Investigators uncovered CCTV inconsistencies, dummy trajectory results and the girl’s discarded mobile phone to establish that she was pushed during a rooftop argument.
• The accused initially claimed the fall was a suicide driven by academic stress, a version challenged by the victim’s family and a post-mortem citing shock from multiple injuries.
• The FIR invokes murder sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita alongside the Juvenile Justice Act, requiring the case to proceed before a Juvenile Justice Board.
• Authorities are gathering additional witness statements and preserving forensic samples, including viscera, to strengthen the prosecution’s case.