Archive · 17 Sep 2025
Bombay HC Adjourns Malegaon Blast Appeal Over Details
A bomb exploded in Malegaon in 2008, killing six people.
Seven people were accused, but a special court found them not guilty.
Now, the families of the victims are appealing this decision in the Bombay High Court.
The High Court is checking if the families were witnesses in the trial.
The families are arguing that the investigation was flawed, and the court should not have acquitted the accused.
The court adjourned the hearing due to incomplete details provided about the family members.
The appeal claims that the original court acted like a 'post office' instead of properly assessing the evidence and is asking to convict the accused.
Bombay High Court adjourned the hearing on an appeal against the acquittal of seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
The adjournment was due to incomplete details about the appellant family members of victims.
The seven accused acquitted included Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit.
The appeal challenges the special court's acquittal of the seven accused.
The appeal argues that the trial court should not have acted as a 'post office' allowing a deficient prosecution to benefit the accused.
- Who
- Bombay High Court, Victims' Families
- What
- Hearing appeal against acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
- When
- September 29, 2008 (Blast), July 31 (Acquittals), Hearing Adjourned Wednesday
- Where
- Bombay High Court, Malegaon, Maharashtra
- Why
- To determine the validity of the appeal challenging the acquittal of the accused.
Victims' Families
Accused (Acquitted)
Appeal Ground
Victims' Families
The acquittal was wrong, and the court should not have acted as a post office, properly assess the evidence and the investigation was flawed.
Accused (Acquitted)
N/A - Acquitted.
Investigation Quality
Victims' Families
The NIA diluted allegations, potentially influenced by external factors and sought accused to be convicted.
Accused (Acquitted)
N/A - Acquitted.
- Event
- 2008 Malegaon Bomb Blast
- Location
- Malegaon, Maharashtra
- Casualties
- 6 killed, 101 injured
- Accused Acquitted
- 7
- Appellants
- Victims' Families
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Notable Accused
- Pragya Singh Thakur, Prasad Purohit
Sources
Not open gate to appeal against acquittal: HC on Malegaon
Not open gate for appeals in 2008 Malegaon blast case acquittals, says HC
2008 Malegaon blast: Bombay HC asks if victims’ kin were examined as witnesses, says ‘not open gate’ for all to challenge acquittal
Video: Malegaon acquittals – myths and reality of ‘saffron terror’
2008 Malegaon Blast Case: 'Not An Open Gate For Everyone To File Appeal Against Acquittal,' Says Bombay HC
