Archive · 25 Sep 2025
Bombay HC Questions Delay in Sohrabuddin Case Witness Plea
Imagine a court case where someone was killed in a police encounter.
Rababuddin Shaikh, the brother of the person killed, was a witness.
A court decided the case, but Rababuddin wasn't happy.
He's now asking the court to let him speak again and to have a new trial because he believes the first trial was wrong.
The court is puzzled because Rababuddin took a long time to ask for this.
The court says he should have asked right away, not months later.
They are looking at the law to see if it allows him to make this request so late.
Rababuddin claims the first court's decision was a mistake and wants a new chance to present his side.
Bombay High Court questioned Rababuddin Shaikh's delayed request to be recalled as a witness.
The case involves the 2005 Sohrabuddin encounter, in which he was allegedly killed.
A special CBI court acquitted all 22 accused in 2018 due to lack of evidence.
Rababuddin has appealed the acquittal and seeks a retrial.
The court is examining legal provisions to justify the late request to be recalled.
- Who
- Bombay High Court and Rababuddin Shaikh
- What
- Bombay HC questioning Rababuddin Shaikh's delayed plea to be recalled as a witness in the Sohrabuddin encounter case.
- When
- Hearing occurred on Wednesday, with further hearing scheduled in two weeks.
- Where
- Bombay High Court
- Why
- The court is assessing the delay in Rababuddin Shaikh's request to be recalled as a witness and seeking a retrial.
- Case
- Sohrabuddin encounter case
- Plaintiff
- Rababuddin Shaikh
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Accused
- 22 acquitted in 2018
- Action
- Shaikh seeks to be recalled as witness and a retrial