The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the bail plea of 2008 Malegaon blasts accused former Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit.
During the hearing today, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) opposed Purohit’s bail plea and argued that the Bombay High Court order should be upheld by the apex court.
Senior lawyer Harish Salve, who was arguing for the accused, pleaded in the Supreme Court that “for the interest of justice” Purohit should be given interim bail.
Earlier the SC had said that the issue of granting bail to Purohit and cancellation of bail of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, another accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, needed detailed consideration.
Purohit had earlier moved the apex court challenging the Bombay High Court order dismissing his bail plea.
Nisar Ahmed Haji Sayed Bilal, the father of one of the blast victims, had challenged the Bombay HC order granting bail to Thakur alleging that she was a “powerful person” and could influence the witnesses in the case.
The high court had on April 25 granted bail to Thakur, saying there was “no prima facie evidence against her”.
The NIA had filed its reply in the case of Purohit, saying there was ample evidence against him, but no evidence against Thakur.
Seven people were killed in a bomb blast on September 29, 2008, at Malegaon, a communally-sensitive textile town in Nasik district of north Maharashtra.
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