# Bombay HC says Chembur cop’s C-summary report favoured accused 2026-10-07T02:46:30+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Bombay High Court has strongly criticised a Chembur police officer, saying his conduct in investigating a caste certificate case prima facie showed an attempt to favour the accused and frustrate the petitioner's legal remedy. A bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata said the investigating officer, Police Inspector Anand Sahane, had 'exceeded his jurisdiction, prima facie with a view to help the accused person' and had tried to 'overreach this Court'. The court was hearing a petition by advocate Chitra Salunke seeking transfer of the probe into an FIR against former BMC corporator Ramesh Kamble, who allegedly falsely claimed Scheduled Caste status. The court noted that the investigation started on 2 April but remained incomplete for nearly five months, and a 500-page C-summary report was filed only after the court raised concerns on 1 September. The bench called the report an 'orchestrated attempt' to frustrate Salunke's remedy. The court directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to file a detailed affidavit addressing the allegations. The matter is next listed for 21 October. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Freepressjournal.in and Hindustan Times both report the court's strong criticism of the investigating officer, but they differ in the detail they lead with. Freepressjournal.in foregrounds the court's phrase 'orchestrated attempt' in its headline, while Hindustan Times leads with the phrase 'shoddy probe'. Both outlets reproduce the court's remarks that the officer 'dishonestly taken these steps only to favour' Kamble. The coverage is uniform straight reporting of the court's order, neither outlet adds comment or context beyond the bench's own words. The next hearing on 21 October will show whether the commissioner's affidavit addresses the court's concerns. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - freepressjournal.in (neutral report) Straight report of court proceedings, no added slant. - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight report of court proceedings, no added slant. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Bombay High Court, Chembur police, Ramesh Kamble Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bombay-hc-says-chembur-cops-c-summary-report-favoured-accused/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bombay-hc-says-chembur-cops-c-summary-report-favoured-accused/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/