Bombay High Court Upholds Life Term For Assailant In Gulshan Kumar Murder
· India · The Hindu, Indian Express
The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the life imprisonment of Abdul Rauf Dawood Merchant for the August 12, 1997, murder of T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar. The division bench of justices Sadhana Jadhav and NR Borkar also overturned the acquittal of Abdul Rashid Dawood Merchant and convicted him for murder and criminal conspiracy. At the same time, the court upheld the acquittal of film producer Ramesh Taurani in the high-profile case. According to prosecution details, the conspiracy was hatched in May 1997 after Kumar refused to pay ₹10 crore in extortion money to gangster Abu Salem. Kumar was shot dead outside a temple in Versova, Mumbai, after his bodyguard was absent on the day of the attack.
Why it matters
The verdict brings closure to a landmark 1990s Bollywood extortion and murder case, reinforcing judicial accountability for organized crime syndicates.
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