Overview

• A bench led by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai listed the Article 32 petition for Monday after an urgent mention by advocate Rohin Bhatt.
• The filing alleges Botad Town officers kept the 17-year-old in illegal custody from August 19 to 28 and subjected him to beatings and sexual assault with sticks.
• It says mandatory juvenile safeguards were breached, including failure to produce the child before a Juvenile Justice Board within 24 hours and to conduct a medical examination.
• The petitioner requests either a court-supervised SIT excluding Gujarat-cadre officers or a court-monitored CBI probe, plus registration of an FIR under the BNS, POCSO and the Juvenile Justice Act.
• The plea also asks for an AIIMS Delhi medical board, preservation of Botad police station CCTV for August–September, release of medical records, and financial aid and compensation, stating the boy is in an Ahmedabad ICU with serious complications.