Overview
- Special Judge Mahesh K. Jadhav ruled there is prima facie material against 63-year-old Tribhuvan Rampati Singh, clearing the case to move toward framing of charges expected later this month.
- Singh, arrested in October 2024 after being traced to a Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh jail, is alleged by police to be the same person named in the 1992 case as Shrikant Rai alias Pradhan.
- The court said Singh’s mistaken-identity claim must be tested at trial, noting two witnesses identified him despite the decades-long gap since the incident.
- The order referenced medical records tying Singh to injuries from the 1992 attack and noted his refusal to provide a blood sample for DNA profiling when requested by investigators.
- Bail was denied after the court accepted the prosecution’s warning about possible evidence tampering, with the case rooted in a Dawood Ibrahim–Arun Gawli gang rivalry that left three people dead at JJ Hospital.