Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Amit Shah’s Discharge in Sohrabuddin Case

The Bombay High Court rejected an interim application seeking to challenge the 2014 discharge of Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case.

The bench observed that the application appeared to be filed with an "oblique motive" at the instance of a "political adversary."

The Court noted that the applicant suppressed the fact that previous challenges to the discharge order by the victim's brother and an activist had already been dismissed by the High Court in 2015 and 2016.

The bench questioned the applicant's sudden involvement two decades after the crime, especially since he was neither a witness nor previously connected to the proceedings.

[Rubabuddin Shaikh v. Central Bureau of Investigation]