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2008 Malegaon Blast case: Sadhvi Pragya, 6 others acquitted by Mumbai NIA court; Rs 2 L compensation to victims’ families – World News Network

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Last updated: July 31, 2025 12:00 am
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 31 (ANI): Mumbai’s NIA special court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused of being involved in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, with the court saying that the prosecution failed to establish the case beyond a reasonable doubt. The NIA court has also ordered the Maharashtra government to award Rs 2 lakh compensation to the families of the victims and Rs 50,000 compensation to the injured.
A total of 7 people were accused, including former MP Sadhvi Pragya, Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhankar Dhar Dwivedi (Shankaracharya) and Sameer Kulkarni.
‘All bail bonds of the accused are cancelled and sureties are discharged,” the NIA special court said.
The court had examined 323 prosecution witnesses and 8 defence witnesses before pronouncing the verdict. The 7 people have been acquitted of all charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms act and all other charges.
“Prosecution proved that a blast occurred in Malegaon but failed to prove that bomb was placed in that motorcycle,” the Judge Abhay Lohati said.
The court also mentioned that there were some manipulation done of medical certificates. “Court has come to a conclusion that injured people were not 101 but 95 only and there was manipulation. In some medical certificates,” the court said.
The court also said that there is no evidence of storing or assembling the explosives in Prasad Purohit’s residence, who was another accused in the case.
“No sketch of spot was done by the investigation officer while doing panchnama. No finger print , dump data or anything else was collected for the spot. The samples were contaminated so reports can’t be conclusive and relied upon,” the court said.
On the alleged role on Abhinav Bharat organisation, the court said that there was no evidence of the funds of the organisation being used for terror activities.
On September 29 2008, six people were killed and 95 others injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle detonated near a mosque in Malegaon City’s Bhikku Chowk. Originally, 11 people were accused in the case; however, the court ultimately framed charges against 7, including former MP Sadhvi Pragya. (ANI)

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