Image Source: Agencies

Aug 18, 2025: A request to overturn a Bombay High Court order quashing the FIR against nine individuals for allegedly aiding the suicide of former Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar in 2021 was turned down by the Supreme Court on Monday.

The case against the nine people, including Praful Khoda Patel, administrator of the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu, was thrown out by the Bombay High Court on September 8, 2022. 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 detailed instances of harassment and intimidation, which prompted the police to take action against a number of individuals, including high-ranking 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.