Mumbai, July 1

Nearly 24 years after the crime, the Bombay HC on Thursday upheld the acquittal of film producer and Tips Industries co-founder Ramesh Taurani in the 1997 murder case of music baron Gulshan Kumar, but confirmed the conviction of co-accused Abdul Rauf Merchant. A Division Bench of Justices SS Jadhav and NR Borkar quashed the acquittal of Rauf’s brother and another accused in the case, Abdul Rashid Merchant, and sentenced him to life term noting that Rashid was one of the persons who shot at Kumar. — PTI