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Malegaon blasts: Lt Col Purohit gets bail after nine years
August 21, 2017
Just in: Supreme Court grants bail to the 2008 Malegaon blast accused Srikant Lt Col Purohit.
The National Investigating Agency had opposed his bail during the
last hearing and argued that there was evidence against him. On
August 17, the Supreme Court had reserved its verdict on Lt Col
Purohit's plea seeking interim bail.
Lt
Col Purohit had moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High
Court's order dismissing his bail plea.
During the hearing, senior
advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Lt Col Purohit, had said that he
has been in jail for the past nine years, but charges have still not
been framed against him. He said that the Maharashtra Control of
Organised Crime Act or MCOCA charge has already been dropped against him
and therefore he is entitled to getting interim bail.
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