On Malegaon Blasts Supreme Court Directs High Court: Decide Expeditiously
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Malegaon Blasts: Six people were killed and over 100 injured after an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque at Malegaon in north Maharashtra.
The Supreme Court Monday asked the Bombay High Court to decide expeditiously the plea of Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
Lt Col Prasad Purohit had moved the high court stating that the sanction granted by the government to prosecute him in the case, was wrong in law.
A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Justice Vikram Nath noted that as of now 246 witnesses have been examined.
“The petition filed by the petitioner is pending consideration before the high court where he has sought quashing of sanctioN. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, we deem it appropriate to request the high court to take the petition and decide the same expeditiously in accordance with the law,” the bench said.
