Malegaon Blast Case

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it was "not an open gate for everyone" to file an appeal against acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, and sought details if family members of the victims were examined as witnesses in the trial. A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad was hearing an appeal filed by the family members of the six persons who lost their lives in the blast against the acquittal judgment. The appeal challenged a special court judgment acquitting the seven accused in the case, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit. The HC bench on Tuesday sought to know if the family members were examined as witnesses in the trial. The family members' advocate told the bench that the first appellant, Nisar Ahmed, whose son died in the blast, was not a witness in the trial, but said he would submit the details on Wednesday. The bench then said if the appellant's son died in the blast, then he (Nisar Ahmed) should h

Almost 17 years after a blast killed six persons and left more than 100 injured in Maharashtra's communally sensitive Malegaon town, a special NIA court is likely to deliver its verdict in the case on Thursday. Seven accused, including BJP leader and former MP Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, faced trial in the case for offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code. Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni are the other accused in the case. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which conducted the probe into the case, has sought "commensurate punishment" for the accused. The trial, which started in 2018, got over on April 19, 2025, and the case was reserved for judgement. Six persons were killed and more than 100 injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in the town, located about 200 km from Mumbai, on September 29, 2008. I

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked 2008 Malegaon blast accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit if he had any documents to show he attended alleged conspiracy meetings for the blast

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The court while dismissing the plea slated the matter for further hearing to January 6.

The 49-year-old Hindutva activist had sought the exemption for completing formalities relating to her election to Parliament, but the court said her presence is necessary at this stage in the case

Lieutenant Colonel Purohit, an Army officer, was arrested the same year for allegedly masterminding the blasts

Six persons were killed and over a 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon

In November 2008, the ATS arrested 11 people in this connection. In April 2011, the investigation was transferred to the NIA

HC on December 18, 2017, and a special NIA court on December 27, 2017, had rejected Purohit's discharge from the case

A special NIA court dismissed NIA's contention that there was no evidence against Sadhvi Pragya

The court has, however, dropped provisions under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused

We would like Suresh Prabhu to reflect and introspect, says Congress party

The BJP criticised the Congress' reaction to Purohit getting bail

SC said it has imposed certain conditions on Purohit while granting bail

Besides Lt. Col Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya is also an accused in the Malegaon blast case

Father of one of the blast victims alleged Pragya was a powerful person, could influence witnesses

The four accused in their bail plea had said they were falsely implicated in Malegaon blast case and there was no evidence against them

Blames ATS for "falsely implicating" Hindu outfits, says believing in "Hindu Rashtra" doesn't amount to saffron terrorism

Out of the nine accused, one has dead, six are out on bail & two are convicted in the Mumbai 7/11 train blast case.