Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his arrest in connection with 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case. Madani has sought anticipatory bail which was rejected by the Karnataka High Court on August 3. The petition is likely to be listed for mentioning on Tuesday, his advocate Adolf Mathew said.
The lawyer said the PDP leader has challenged the grounds taken by the high court in rejecting his anticipatory bail plea. Madani has been evading arrest since the high court dismissed his plea. The high court had described the blasts as a 'terrorist act' and said it was rejecting the bail plea considering the seriousness of the offences committed by Madani who is an accused.
The high court had said the offences committed by Madani came very much under the purview of the Unlawful Activities Act of 1967 and therefore "in view of the internal security and interest of the nation" the plea was being rejected.
A fast track court had on July 9 dismissed Madani's anticipatory bail plea on the ground that there was "no prima facie case" to grant him relief. Madani, along with 31 others, was issued a chargesheet for his alleged involvement in the blasts in Bengaluru that left a woman dead and 20 injured on July 25, 2008.
The PDP leader was also an accused in the case relating to 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts in which 58 people were killed. However, he was acquitted by the trial court.
