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.
October 09, 2022 6:58 pm
Seven persons, including Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, are facing trial in the case.
October 25, 2018 7:08 am
Purohit has sought stay on the hearing and directions to the special judge not to frame charges till the appeal, filed on Wednesday, is decided by the High Court.
September 04, 2018 1:32 pm
The bench, comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Naveen Sinha and K M Joseph, said admission of the plea by Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit may interfere with the ongoing trial in the case.
June 22, 2018 2:00 pm
The admission of the discharge plea comes after a sessions court rejected the discharge application by Lt Col Purohit in December 2017.
June 19, 2018 4:38 am
Purohit had filed an appeal before the High Court in February, against the sessions court’s order passed in December 2017, rejecting his discharge application.
April 21, 2018 7:47 am
The direction came when senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Purohit, said an observation in last year’s bail order of the apex court has been construed as that the issue of prosecution sanction be raised and considered at the time of trial.
December 27, 2017 5:22 pm
Seven people were killed and nearly 100 others injured when a bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded in Malegaon town of Nashik district on September 29, 2008
August 31, 2017 12:00 am
The DGMI probe, which began in October 2008, shortly after Purohit’s name cropped up in the 2008 Malegaon blast, revealed that beginning October 2007, Purohit used his “relaxed work environment” at the Army Education Corps (AEC) Training College to hold meetings and negotiations with prominent religious leaders and arms dealers.
August 24, 2017 7:36 pm
Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit Purohit on Wednesday reported to his Army unit after he was released from prison. A team of Military Police and Quick Response Team of the Army took him to a military station at Colaba in south Mumbai.
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
A special NIA court charged all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case with terror conspiracy, murder and other related offences. This includes Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.


