A chargesheet filed by the police earlier than a court docket in Mumbai towards dismissed Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, who is accused of killing his senior colleague and three passengers on a transferring prepare on July 31, acknowledged that the ex-constable was fully sane and mentally secure. According to media stories, Chaudhary was nicely conscious of what he was doing on the working prepare.
Over 1,000-page chargesheet relied on the depositions of over 150 witnesses earlier than coming to this conclusion. The investigation officers recorded the statements of three of such witnesses earlier than the court docket below part 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The 1206-page chargesheet was submitted by the Government Railway Police (GRP) earlier than a Justice of the Peace’s court docket in suburban Borivali.
Earlier on Friday, the police filed a chargesheet earlier than a court docket in Mumbai towards Chaudhary.
The chargesheet was then dedicated (transferred) to the session court docket. The accused, who is in judicial custody, has been shifted to a jail in Akola district of Maharashtra, and because it was dangerous to provide him earlier than the court docket right here in individual, he was being produced by way of video convention, the GRP advised the court docket.
“In such circumstances, kindly commit the case to sessions court in the absence of Chaudhary’s physical presence,” it mentioned within the utility.
A duplicate of the chargesheet can be served to the accused in jail, the police assured the court docket.
However, Chaudhary’s lawyer advocate Jaywant Patil mentioned the method needs to be carried out in his presence, and requested the court docket to concern a manufacturing warrant for his shopper. The court docket then adjourned the matter to November 2.
Chaudhary has been booked below the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (homicide), 153-A (selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds of faith, race, place of origin, residence, language, and many others) and others, in addition to related provisions of the Railways Act and the Maharashtra Prevention Of Defacement of Property Act.
Chaudhary (34) was nabbed together with his service weapon later whereas attempting to flee after passengers pulled the chain and it stopped close to the Mira Road suburban station.
What occurred on July 31
The incident passed off on July 31 on board the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express close to Palghar railway station in Maharashtra. He allegedly first shot useless RPF Assistant Sub-Inspector Tikaram Meena and one other passenger in B5 coach with the automated weapon. After that, he allegedly shot useless a second passenger within the pantry automobile and one other in S6 coach subsequent to the pantry automobile.
(With businesses inputs)
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