A Mumbai magistrate court has remanded three men arrested in the Tiger Shroff firing case to the custody of the Mumbai Police Anti-Extortion Cell until October 31, as the investigation into the October 18 attack continues.
Mumbai: The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Esplanade in Mumbai on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, remanded three accused in the Tiger Shroff firing case to police custody until October 31, after they were brought to Mumbai from Kota in Rajasthan [State v. Rehan and Others].
The accused are Rehan, Ritik and Phool Singh. The police had initially sought 14 days of custody, including to trace the source of the weapons used, and also said the three are part of a syndicate, according to a defence lawyer, Advocate Satyavrat Joshi, who appeared for one of the accused. All allegations are untested, the court has expressed no view on the merits, and the accused are presumed innocent.
How the case reached here
The actor was attacked on October 18, 2026 in the Juhu area of Mumbai, when gunmen fired several rounds at his car. He escaped without major injury, but his driver and a pedestrian were injured. The Mumbai Police registered a case against three accused under Sections 109(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3 and 25 of the Arms Act, 1959, and the offence of attempt to murder is among the charges invoked.
On October 19, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the suspects had fled towards Surat, then boarded a train to Jaipur, and were intercepted at Kota railway station with the help of the Rajasthan Police. A Kota court granted the Mumbai Police a 48-hour transit remand, and the Mumbai Police have said that none of the three is a minor. The Delhi Police Special Cell has separately arrested four suspects on charges of supplying firearms to the assailants.
What was argued on remand
According to the defence lawyer, the police asked for custody to investigate the source of the weapons and on the ground that the three belong to a syndicate. An audio clip that surfaced on social media, in which some persons claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of a gang, is yet to be investigated by the police, the lawyer said. That claim is unverified and no court has examined it.
The legal position
Police custody on remand is authorised by a magistrate during investigation under the arrest and remand provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which replaced Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and is subject to the limits the Sanhita sets. An order remanding an accused to police custody is not a finding of guilt, and the court does not test the evidence at this stage.
Case Title: State v. Rehan and Others (descriptive title; case number not available)
Court: Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Esplanade, Mumbai
Date of Order: October 21, 2026
Custody: Mumbai Police Anti-Extortion Cell, until October 31, 2026
Appearances: Advocate Satyavrat Joshi for one of the accused