Overview
- Special Judge Mahesh Jadhav framed the charges after all five accused pleaded not guilty, setting the trial in motion.
- Those charged are Vickykumar (Vicky) Gupta, Sagarkumar (Sagar) Pal, Sonukumar Bishnoi, Rafiq Sardar Choudhari (Mohammed Rafiq Chaudhary) and Harpal Singh.
- The case has been brought under the IPC, MCOCA and the Arms Act, with prosecutors alleging the firing was an attempted murder meant to create terror and assert gang supremacy.
- The charge order names Lawrence Bishnoi, his brother Anmol Bishnoi and associate Ravtaram Swami as wanted, alleging the syndicate supplied weapons and directed the plot.
- All five remain in judicial custody as proceedings begin, Anmol was recently deported to India and is in NIA custody in another case, and earlier arrestee Anujkumar Thapan allegedly died by suicide in police lock-up.