New Delhi, July 31 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court acquitted all the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case on Thursday. The case pertains to the explosion that took place in Malegaon, Nashik on September 29, 2008.

The trial in the case, which started in 2018, got over on April 19, 2025, and the case was reserved for judgement.

Announcing the verdict on Thursday, the court said the prosecution proved that a blast occurred in Malegaon, but failed to prove that a bomb was placed in a motorcycle.

Moreover, "the prosecution could not prove that it was in Sadhvi Pragya's possession immediately before the blast,"the special NIA court said according to news agency ANI.

The court acquited the seven accused, report...