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Particular NIA Decide AK Lahoti, studying out the copy of the order mentioned prosecution established that the bomb blast — with explosives fitted on a motorbike — passed off however did not show {that a} bomb was positioned within the mentioned bike.
On the night time of September 29, 2008, a low-intensity bomb — fitted on a motorbike — went off close to Bhikku Chowk in Malegaon, a city with a sizeable Muslim inhabitants. Six individuals had been killed and over 100 individuals had been injured within the explosion, which passed off throughout the holy month of Ramzan, simply earlier than the Navratri competition.
The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), probing the case, named seven accused within the case, together with BJP chief and former MP Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit. Main (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni are the opposite accused within the case.
“There isn’t any proof of storing or assembling the explosives in Shrikant Prasad Purohit’s residence. No sketch of the spot was performed by the investigation officer whereas doing the panchnama. No fingerprint, dump knowledge or anything was collected for the spot,” the courtroom noticed.
“The samples had been contaminated, so the reviews can’t be conclusive and are usually not dependable. The bike allegedly concerned within the blast didn’t have a transparent chassis quantity. Prosecution couldn’t show that it was in Sadhvi Pragya’s possession instantly earlier than the blast,” it added. The decide introduced that UAPA is not going to be invoked within the case as sanction was not taken as per guidelines. “Each the sanction orders of the UAPA within the case are faulty,” the courtroom mentioned.
The accused had been dealing with trial within the case for offences beneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code. The trial within the case started in 2018 and concluded on April 19, 2025. The case was reserved for judgment.
