HC notices over pleas in Malegaon acquittals
MUMBAI, Sept. 19 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notices to former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, serving army officer Prasad Purohit, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and others on appeals filed by the families of victims of the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast, challenging the acquittal of all seven accused by a special NIA court on July 31.
The court was hearing an appeal filed by families of six persons killed in the blast in Malegaon on September 29, 2008 who moved the court through advocate Mateen Shaikh on September 8, challenging the acquittal of all the seven accused in the blast. Special NIA Judge AK Lahoti, while acquitting the accused on July 31, held that suspicion could not replace proof. There was no "reliable and cog...
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