Bombay HC adjourns hearing of Anil Deshmukh’s plea to June 8

Former Maharashtra Home Minister’s petition sought to quash portions of the FIR that pertain to reinstating suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned to June 8 the hearing of a petition filed by former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to quash portions of the First Information Report (FIR) against him . A Division Bench of justices S.J. Kathawalla and S.P. Tavade presided over the matter on a court holiday. The FIR was filed after a preliminary inquiry was conducted against Mr. Deshmukh by the CBI as directed by another Bench of the High Court. The petition filed by the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department is seeking to quash portions in the FIR that pertain to reinstating suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze and the transfer of other police officers. It is also alleged in the plea that the FIR was an attempt to destabilise the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.