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"The Special Judge ought to have appreciated that faulty investigation and some defects in investigation cannot be a ground for acquitting the accused persons. Procedural lapses by police officers while collecting electronic evidence should not have been dismissed in this fashion in the case of terrorist activities," the appeal reads.

Malegaon blast: victims’ kin move Bombay HC against acquittal of Pragya Thakur, Col Purohit and 5 others

September 09, 2025 5:33 pm

Six people were killed and over 100 injured on September 29, 2008, when an explosive device went off near a mosque at Malegaon in Maharashtra's Nashik district.

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Malegaon blast acquittals: 'Army has always supported me,' says Lt Col Purohit; Major Ramesh Upadhyay (retd) thanks Bal Thackeray

August 01, 2025 3:25 am

Among the acquitted Malegaon blast accused are two people with Army backgrounds–Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, a serving Army officer, and Major Ramesh Upadhyay (retired).

Malegaon order: BJP seeks Congress apology for 'tainting' Pragya Thakur image

August 01, 2025 2:57 am

BJP also raises 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter killing, alleges Amit Shah, then a minister in Gujarat, implicated based on testimony of “two sold-out witnesses”.

2008 Malegaon blast case: NIA to decide on appeal after analysing verdict

July 31, 2025 3:15 pm

The National Investigation Agency had taken over the investigation of the 2008 Malegaon blast case from the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in 2011.

Malegaon Lawyer Shahid Nadeem, who represents the intervener in the case, Nisar Ahmed Haji Sayyed Bilal, who lost his son in the blast, said the proposed transfer would cause further delays in the trial.

Malegaon special judge in transfer list as trial nears conclusion

April 06, 2025 10:53 pm

The special judge has been hearing final arguments by the prosecution and the accused for the past few months and was likely to reserve the case for judgment by next week, having asked the arguments to be concluded by April 15.

Malegaon blast: Lok Sabha panel defers hearing of Purohit

Malegaon blast accused Purohit: 'Fabricated investigation was to suit political requirements'

May 12, 2024 6:12 pm

Lt Col Prasad Purohit is among the seven accused, including BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, facing trial for the blast in Malegaon town on September 29, 2008, which killed six and injured over 100.

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LS panel to hear Malegaon blast case accused Purohit’s views

October 14, 2023 3:24 am

The committee, headed by BJP member Harish Dwivedi, will hear Purohit’s views on October 25.

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2008 Malegaon blast case: HC judge recuses from hearing petitions

August 20, 2022 7:03 am

A division bench of Justice Mohite-Dere and Justice Sharmila Deshmukh was on Friday hearing a plea filed by Sameer Kulkarni, an accused, who alleged that some other accused were deliberately delaying the trial despite HC directives to expedite the process.

Can’t recognise Lt Col Purohit due to lapse of time: Malegaon case witness

June 30, 2022 9:54 am

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which had initially investigated the blast before the case was transferred to the National Investigation Agency, had recorded the statement of the witness in 2008.

13 years of NIA: How the investigation in key cases has fared in Maharashtra

September 30, 2021 11:21 am

In Maharashtra, the Malegaon 2008 blast trial is one of the oldest and longest pending cases being prosecuted by the central agency, which was set up the same year as the incident in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks to fast-track and prosecute terror-related cases.