The father of the accused in the Badlapur sexual
assault case, who was killed in an alleged police shootout earlier this week,
on Friday moved the Bombay High Court seeking a burial spot for his son.
The father's advocate mentioned the application
before a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and M M Sathaye seeking
urgent intervention.
The court said it would hear the plea in the
afternoon.
In his application, the father has sought the court's
direction to the local civic body to arrange a spot to bury his son Akshay
Shinde.
Shinde, 24, was arrested of last month for allegedly
sexually assaulting two minor girls at a school in Badlapur town, Thane
district.
Earlier this week, he was being escorted to Badlapur
from Taloja jail in connection with a case registered against him on a
complaint by his second wife when the alleged shootout occurred, resulting in
his death.
The incident took place near the Mumbra Bypass in
Thane on Monday evening after Shinde allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman.
He was killed in retaliatory firing by the police.
Shinde's father had filed a petition in the high
court claiming that his son was killed in a fake encounter and sought an
HC-monitored probe into his death.
On Wednesday, the bench headed by Justice Dere had
raised several questions over the incident. Emphasising the need for a fair and
impartial probe, it noted that the incident could have been avoided.
On Thursday, the family claimed that Shinde had in the
past expressed his desire to be buried instead of cremated. Shinde's body has
been kept at the mortuary of a civic hospital in Thane's Kalwa area.
According to Shinde's family, finding a burial site
for him was proving challenging as local residents and organisations have
voiced opposition.
Earlier in the day, while speaking to a Marathi news
channel, the counsel for the Shinde family Amit Katarnavre said that the
Constitution provides certain rights for bodies, and they will approach the HC
to seek protection for those rights.