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Malegaon blast: NIA seeks legal opinion to appeal against acquittals
August 29, 2025 3:25 am
Following the 2008 Malegaon blast verdict, Special Public Prosecutor Avinash Rasal, representing NIA, stated that a decision on filing an appeal will be made after reviewing the judgment copy.
Malegaon Blast | Claim of order to arrest Bhagwat: Court says can’t take as evidence
August 02, 2025 10:04 am
According to the statement, Mujawar denied Bhagwat's role and declined to arrest him. A false case was then allegedly filed by the ATS against Mujawar, who was later acquitted.
Malegaon 2008 blast case: Court allows exemption to Pragya Thakur as a ‘last chance’
April 22, 2024 9:00 pm
The court is currently recording statements of the accused in connection with the blast which took place in Malegaon on September 29, 2008, killing six and injuring over 100.
Malegaon blast accused BJP MP Pragya Thakur in need of rest: NIA report
April 11, 2024 9:34 pm
On April 3, the court had said that Pragya Thakur's presence is necessary to record her statement and due to her absence, the court proceeding was hampered.
Malegaon blast: Lok Sabha panel defers hearing of Purohit
October 24, 2023 4:51 am
Besides hearing Purohit’s views, the committee was also scheduled to have a “briefing/oral evidence” of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence (Department of Military
NIA completes recording of evidence in Malegaon blast case
September 15, 2023 1:42 am
The NIA, through its special public prosecutors Avinash Rasal and Anushree Rasal, submitted to the court that 323 witnesses deposed, of whom 34 turned hostile.
Malegaon blast case: RDX not planted at home of accused: Former ATS officer
April 20, 2023 1:50 pm
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe from the ATS in 2011. In its chargesheet filed in 2016, the NIA claimed two Army officials saw an ATS officer planting the evidence.
Another witness turns hostile in 2008 Malegaon blast case
April 06, 2023 9:44 am
After Purohit’s arrest in November 2008, the witness claimed that he was at the ATS office for eight days and he was threatened to give a confession
Malegaon blast case: Assess relevance of witnesses before summoning them to depose in trial: Court to NIA
January 13, 2023 5:30 am
Further, the court said that the prosecution, being fair to the court and the truth, has to choose witnesses. It added that directions can be given to the NIA to assess the witnesses before summoning them for their relevance to the case to save time and to avoid repetition.
Another witness turns hostile in Malegaon blast case, 25th so far
August 26, 2022 2:58 am
The witness, whose statement was included by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in its chargesheet, told the court that while ATS officers had questioned him, his statement was not recorded.
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