Court Rejects Discharge Plea in 1992 JJ Hospital Shooting Case

In a significant development, a special court in Mumbai has rejected the discharge and bail pleas of a 63-year-old man arrested in the 1992 JJ Hospital shooting case. The incident was a deadly shootout stemming from a violent gang rivalry between the factions of Arun Gawli and Dawood Ibrahim, leaving three people dead, including two police constables.

The accused, Tribhuvan Rampatisingh, was arrested earlier this year, more than three decades after the incident. He had approached the court seeking discharge and bail, arguing that he had been falsely implicated due to mistaken identity and that there was no material evidence linking him to the shootout.

However, the court dismissed both the applications, ruling that there was prima facie material connecting the accused to the crime. The judge observed that the question of mistaken identity could only be determined during the trial and that the evidence on record disclosed sufficient grounds to proceed.