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TALES OF EN MASSE ACQUITTAL IN TWO BLAST CASES, TWO YEARS APART
August 03, 2025
|The New Indian Express Thrissur
UNPACKING BOMBAY HIGH COURT'S ORDER
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on July 31, 2025 acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, citing lack of credible evidence to prove their involvement in the crime.
The high-profile case, which dragged on for 17 years, was under intense scrutiny as the accused included former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and ex-Army officer Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit. This was also the case that made the term 'Hindu terror' go mainstream as the accused were all Hindus and the victims Muslims.
Over the years, the case saw several twists and turns with five presiding judges and more than 300 witnesses, of whom several turned hostile. In his detailed judgment, Special Judge A K Lahoti listed out several reasons to conclude that the prosecution failed to bring any 'cogent evidence' to prove the culpability of the accused.
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Aftershock jolts Venezuela; rescue goes on
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Prosus revenue up 13% in FY26 as PayU turns Ebitda positive
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‘Aim to preserve our intellectual heritage’
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN BIGGER CITIES AT 4.9% IN 2025
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1 min
June 30, 2026
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Indigenous push: DRDO gets more financial muscle to cut R&D delays
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