Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Oct 1, directed the Mumbai Police not to carry out further investigation into a scuffle that took place between supporters of the ruling BJP and the opposition NCP(SP) inside the premises of the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan in July.A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad passed the order while hearing a plea filed by Nitin Deshmukh, a supporter of NCP(SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad. Through his advocate Rahul Arote, Deshmukh sought quashing of the FIR registered against him in the case. On July 17, supporters of legislator Gopichand Padalkar and Awhad were involved in an alleged brawl.The FIR was politically motivated and contained baseless charges, argued Arote, who sought a stay on the investigation as interim relief.The High Court heard MM Deshmukh, the in-charge public prosecutor, and posted the matter to Nov 12. The High Court said that considering the allegations in the First Information Report registered on July 18 at Marine Drive police station, it directed the Investigating Officer not to continue with the probe until the disposal of the writ petition.
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