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9 accused in Gulshan case released on bail
Nine accused in the Gulshan Kumar murder case were on Thursday relased on bail by the trial court after four years as evidence against them was not established.
Nine accused in the Gulshan Kumar murder case were on Thursday relased on bail by the trial court after four years as evidence against them was not established.
These accused were released by sessions judge M.L. Tahilyani on a plea made by prosecution that no evidence had cropped up against them.
The accused are Javed Kalia, Rafiq Ansari, Wasim Babu, Feroze Khan, Fatima Merchant, Faiyaz Chougale, Rafiq Falke, Adil Khan and Jaffar Sharif. Special public prosecutor, Ujjwal Nikam, said that the evidence of the approver, Mohammed Ali Sheikh, was not being considered by the court because he had turned hostile. As the approver had implicated other accused, the evidence against them could not be established.
Nikam said that the prosecution did not wish to adduce insufficient evidence and hence it would be fit and proper to release the nine accused on bail.
These nine accused were arrested soon after the murder of audio king Gulshan Kumar in August 1997. Among the 15 accused, four including director of Tips Cassette, Ramesh Taurani, were already on bail. The remaining two, Rauf Raja and Rashid Daud Merchant are in custody.
Rauf Raja and Daud are facing charges of gunning down Gulshan Kumar at point blank range outside a temple in suburban Juhu on August 12, 1997.
Bureau Report
These accused were released by sessions judge M.L. Tahilyani on a plea made by prosecution that no evidence had cropped up against them.
The accused are Javed Kalia, Rafiq Ansari, Wasim Babu, Feroze Khan, Fatima Merchant, Faiyaz Chougale, Rafiq Falke, Adil Khan and Jaffar Sharif. Special public prosecutor, Ujjwal Nikam, said that the evidence of the approver, Mohammed Ali Sheikh, was not being considered by the court because he had turned hostile. As the approver had implicated other accused, the evidence against them could not be established.
Nikam said that the prosecution did not wish to adduce insufficient evidence and hence it would be fit and proper to release the nine accused on bail.
These nine accused were arrested soon after the murder of audio king Gulshan Kumar in August 1997. Among the 15 accused, four including director of Tips Cassette, Ramesh Taurani, were already on bail. The remaining two, Rauf Raja and Rashid Daud Merchant are in custody.
Rauf Raja and Daud are facing charges of gunning down Gulshan Kumar at point blank range outside a temple in suburban Juhu on August 12, 1997.
Bureau Report