New Delhi April 28 (IANS) Former Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit on Friday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Bombay High Court s rejection of his bail in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case.
The High Court had granted bail to prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on April 25 but rejected Purohit s plea for bail.
As Purohit s counsel sought an early hearing Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said: Let the plea come before the court in the due course.
Purohit had challenged in the High Court a lower court order that rejected his bail plea.
At least six persons were killed in the blast in Malegaon a Muslim-dominated powerloom town in Nashik district on September 29 2008.
The investigating agencies had earlier attributed the bomb blast to right-wing group Abhinav Bharat. Eleven accused including Sadhvi and Purohit were arrested.
The National Investigation Agency which later probed the case gave a clean chit to the Sadhvi but said the charges against Purohit were of grave nature.
The NIA contended that there was evidence to point to his involvement in the bombing.
--IANS
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Malegaon blast accused Purohit moves SC for bail
