Suicide by former MP: Supreme Court rejects son’s plea against quashing of FIR by Bombay High Court

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea against an order of the Bombay High Court quashing the FIR against nine people for allegedly abetting the suicide of former Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar in 2021.

The Bombay High Court on September 8, 2022 quashed the case against the nine people, including Praful Khoda Patel, administrator of the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu.

The FIR was registered after the death of Delkar, a seven-time MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, who was found dead in a Mumbai hotel in 2021.

His alleged suicide note gave details of harassment and intimidation, prompting police action against several people, including top bureaucrats and political figures.

A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran had reserved the verdict on August 4 on the plea by Abhinav Delkar, son of the late MP.

The top court upheld the high court verdict.