New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday compared the dramatic Ulhasnagar police station firing case of 2024 to a scene straight out of the Bollywood movie Singham, reports barandbench.com.
A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing the bail plea of Kunal Dilip Patil against a Bombay High Court order which refused to grant him bail in the 2024 case.
Patil stands accused of restraining the bodyguard of ex-corporator Mahesh Gaikwad during a shootout inside the station, which stemmed from a bitter political rivalry and land dispute between former MLA Ganpat Gaikwad and Mahesh Gaikwad.
“This gave us the memory of ' Singham'. It should be the story with the tagline from this story only,” Justice Sandeep Mehta orally remarked.
Appearing for Patil, senior advocate Siddharth Dave argued that he was not the one who opened fire and was not even inside the cabin at the time of the incident.
Dave further pointed out that Patil was not named in the original FIR, entered the cabin only after the firing and that his alleged role is comparable to that of co-accused who have already been granted bail.
At this stage, Justice Sandeep Mehta asked whether the firing had actually occurred inside a police station. Dave clarified that it was the MLA who fired from within the cabin.
After hearing the submissions, the Court issued notice to the State of Maharashtra and permitted the petitioner to implead the victims as respondent.
