2008 Malegaon Blast: HC Limits Scope for Appeals Against Acquittals

Fast Summary:

• the Bombay High Court stressed that appeals against acquittals in the 2008 Malegaon blast case are “not an open gate for everyone” and requested details on whether family members of victims were examined as trial witnesses.
• A bench comprising Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad was hearing an appeal filed by families of six victims challenging the special court’s July 31 verdict,which acquitted seven accused,including Pragya Singh Thakur and lt Col Prasad Purohit.
• Family member Nisar Ahmed,whose son died in the blast,was not a witness. HC stated he should have been one. Further details are set to be submitted Wednesday.
• the petitioners alleged investigative defects lead to acquittals; cited a lack of direct evidence being no ground for absolving conspirators who operate in secrecy. They critiqued both prosecution and NIA efforts during trial proceedings.
• The one-time ATS arrests uncovered what they called a conspiracy targeting minority community areas; subsequent blasts ceased afterward, according appeal mentioning weakening (” diluted “) eventual handed-over period phrases to separate profunctionary

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