Overview
- The Dindoshi sessions court, which on Wednesday ordered a fresh assessment at Thane Mental Hospital, asked for 15‑day reports and a clear opinion on whether Chetan Singh Choudhary is fit to stand trial and can conduct his defense.
- Judicial records note a prior stay at the same hospital from February to July 2025, while a January jail report described him as hemodynamically stable with no immediate central nervous system abnormalities.
- The case remains in the witness phase, where a Government Railway Police constable testified that he received a viral clip on WhatsApp and helped secure it as evidence through a documented transfer and panchnama.
- Playback of the clip was deferred after the defense said it had not received a copy, and the court set April 8 to sort the legal handling of digital evidence as the only copy is on a sealed court pen drive.
- Prosecutors say the video shows the accused in uniform making political and communal remarks over a bleeding victim, which led to an added charge of promoting enmity under the Indian Penal Code.