Overview

• The Aurangabad bench directed Nava Mondha police station to register the FIR within seven days based on the December 18 complaint from Suryawanshi’s mother.
• The court cited prima facie evidence from a magisterial inquiry and a postmortem finding 24 external and internal injuries as grounds for a cognizable offence.
• It mandated that the probe be transferred from local officers to a Deputy Superintendent of Police to bolster investigative impartiality.
• The bench questioned the State CID’s decision to bypass the original seven-member autopsy team and seek a second opinion from JJ Hospital experts.
• Further hearings are scheduled for July 30 to consider additional relief petitions filed by the family.