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Army officer refused bail in Malegaon blast case
Wednesday November 09, 2011 10:52:59 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: The Bombay High
Court Wednesday rejected the bail application of Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, one of the prime accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast case,
a legal official said.
Justice R.C. Chavhan, while rejecting the bail application on
grounds that "prima facie material was available against" Purohit,
said that a detailed order would be delivered soon, according to
advocate Sharif Shaikh, an intervener appearing in the matter on
behalf of family members of a victim in the blast.
"The state had opposed the bail plea stating that the
investigations into the Malegaon blast was transferred from the
state Anti-Terrorism Squad to the National Investigation Agency
(NIA) vide a notification last April," Shaikh told IANS.
He said the grounds for opposing bail were since the NIA
investigations are still continuing, granting bail to Purohit
could hamper the ongoing probe into the terror incident in the
minority-dominated town in Nashik district of north Maharashtra.
Prasad was among 11 accused in the blast case, including Sadhvi
Pragnya Singh Thakur.
Alleged to be linked to a right-wing organization, Purohit has
been continuously in custody since his arrest for his role in the
blast case.
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