Prabhunath Singh, held guilty for Double Murder: SC overturned the previous acquittal

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that Prabhunath Singh, a leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and former member of parliament, is guilty in the 1995 double-murder case. While giving the decision, the top Court overturned the previous acquittal of Prabhunath Singh by the Patna High Court. Currently, He is serving a life sentence in another homicide case. The matter was today heard by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court including Justice AS Oka, Justice Vikram Nath, and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul. Earlier, he was found guilty of killing his political rival Ashok Singh. Today, the top Court was hearing the matter in context with the death of Rajendra Rai and Daroga Rai in March 1995. The Supreme Court found RJD leader Singh guilty of double-murder where Justice Nath stated that “We set aside the impugned order of the Patna high court and convict respondent no. 2, Prabhunath Singh, under Section 302 (murder) for the murders of Daroga Rai and Rajendra Rai. We direct the home secretary of Bihar and the director general of police of the state to arrest Prabhunath Singh and produce him before this court in custody on the next date of hearing to be heard on the argument of the sentence.”

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