Summary:
The PIL, filed by Mani and lawyer Pradeep Kumar Yadav, claimed that the alleged encounter was "fake" and FIR should be lodged against police officials who were involved in the incident. The four accused were shot dead on NH-44 near Hyderabad -- the same highway where the charred body of 26-year-old veterinarian found. Mani and Yadav, in their PIL, said that no one would support the accused who are involved in gang rape and murder cases against innocent women. "However, an investigating agency and officers even at a high level like Commissioner of Police taking the law into their hand, conducting fake encounter and killing alleged rape accused. "No one including the investigating agency like police has right to punish any accused without due process of law..