Supreme Court of India

Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Sharif v. The State of Maharashtra and Others

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Reported as [2025] 10 S.C.R. 78
Bench Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma JJ.
Decided 11 September 2025

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Issue for Consideration 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 Bench of the High Court dismissed his writ petition, suspecting his bonafides. Headnotes† 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 appellant stated that under the

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