Malegaon Blast: Shock to Lt. Col. Purohit, SC dismisses plea to discharge

Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, an accused within the Malegaon blast case, has obtained a serious setback from the Supreme Court docket. The apex court docket has dismissed a petition difficult the Bombay Excessive Court docket order rejecting his plea to discharge him within the Malegaon blast. The Malegaon blast came about within the yr 2008 and the function of Lt Col Prasad Purohit was suspected in it. Purohit had informed the Excessive Court docket that sanction of the Military was not taken for the prosecution underneath Section 197(2) of the CrPC.

A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Manoj Mishra mentioned that the problem earlier than it was the order of the Excessive Court docket which held that sanction underneath Section 197(2) of the CrPC was not required to prosecute the petitioner due to the impugned conduct Not associated to any of his official duties. The bench mentioned that after perusing the grounds of the impugned judgment, we don’t see any cause to intervene with the identical and accordingly, the particular depart petition is just not entertained.

Nonetheless, the apex court docket made it clear that the trial court docket shouldn’t be influenced by the observations of the Excessive Court docket order. The bench, whereas dismissing the attraction filed by Purohit, noticed that, as we’re knowledgeable that the trial towards the petitioner is ongoing, the commentary made within the impugned order with a view to inspecting the difficulty of sanction is just not relevant to the prosecution within the proceedings earlier than the trial court docket. There needs to be no opposed impact on the occasion or the defence.

The Bombay Excessive Court docket had dismissed Purohit’s discharge plea within the 2008 Malegaon blast case. He had moved the Excessive Court docket difficult the framing of costs towards him within the blast case by the particular NIA court docket. He had argued that sanction underneath Section 197(2) of the CrPC was not obtained from the Indian Military to prosecute him within the blast case. Purohit had argued that the framing of costs was not legitimate.