Malegaon Blast: Shock to Lt. Col. Shrikant Purohit, High Court quashes plea for acquittal, 6 people were killed in Malegaon, more than 100 were injured

Malegaon Blast The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the appeal of the main accused, Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, in the Malegaon blast case. Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit had appealed that he be discharged in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Six people were killed and over 101 were injured in the Malegaon blast. A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Justice Prakash Naik has given this order.

what the court said

A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Prakash Naik, while pronouncing the order, observed that involvement in the activity of a bomb blast, which resulted in the death of six persons, was not an act done by the appellant in his official duty. After recording the contention of Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit that he was only performing his official duty and collecting information about Abhinav Bharat.

The court said that the question then remains to be answered as to why he did not avoid the bomb blast in a residential area of ​​Malegaon which caused damage and loss of lives of six innocent people and serious injuries to around 100 people. has resulted in serious injuries.

The names of Pragya Singh Thakur and five other accused are also included.

Srikant Purohit was arrested in 2008 in the Malegaon blast case and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and several other offences. BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and five others are also accused in the case. Purohit was granted bail by the Supreme Court in 2017, nine years after his arrest.

The LML Freedom motorcycle that exploded during the holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar was registered in the name of Thakur. According to the prosecution, Purohit, despite being an army officer, formed the Abhinav Bharat organization in 2007 with the aim of transforming India into a Hindu nation.