Jaipur-Mumbai train firing | Dismissed RPF constable files bail plea citing mental illness, matter to be heard on December 1
The Hindu
RPF constable Chetan Singh has filed for bail before the Dindoshi Session Court in Maharashtra, claiming mental illness. The court has directed the prosecution to file a reply to the plea. The police has opposed the bail plea.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh who has been booked on charges of murdering his senior and three passengers on a Jaipur-Mumbai train this July has filed for bail before the Dindoshi Session Court in Maharashtra.
The accused who was dismissed from service and currently in judicial custody in his bail plea filed through lawyers Amit Mishra and Pankaj Ghildiyal, has claimed that he is suffering from mental illness.
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“The accused was suffering from mental disease. He lived in an imaginary and delusional world and suffered from neurological and psychological issues,” advocate Amit Mishra said.
The court has directed the prosecution to file a reply to the plea.”It will be heard on December 1,” advocate Mishra said.
The police has, however, opposed the bail plea of the dismissed RPF constable.
Four railway passengers, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Railway Protection Force, were shot dead allegedly by the RPF jawan onboard the Mumbai-Jaipur Superfast Express after it crossed Palghar Station in Maharashtra on July 31.