Patna, Aug 18 - The Patna High Court has reopened a 1995 case of double murder in which Prabhunath Singh, a former MP of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Bihar, was acquitted.

Nearly 10 months after a Bihar 'fast track' court acquitted Prabhunath Singh and six others for lack of evidence, the high court Monday initiated a revision case.

Cort sfficials told IANS Tuesday that the case is likely to be taken up for hearing this week.

Singh was one of the prime accused in the murder of Daroga Rai and Rajendra Rai during the 1995 assembly polls in Saran district. Singh represented Maharajganj in parliament and was deputy leader of the JD-U parliamentary party before he was defeated in the last Lok Sabha elections.

Seven people, including Singh, were named in connection with the murders.

Daroga Rai and Rajendra Rai were killed when they were returning home after casting their votes in the Masrakh assembly constituency March 25, 1995. It was alleged that they had been murdered because they had voted for Singh's rival.

The case against Singh was filed on the basis of a statement by Rajendra, who succumbed to his injuries at the Patna Medical College and Hospital six months later.