Blatant disparities raise serious questions about the fairness, consistency, and accountability of our criminal justice system; questions that the system must answer.
Sadaf Modak speaks with advocates Yug Chaudhry and Payoshi Roy, who represented the accused in the train blasts case, about procedures and safeguards in terror probes.
The court noted that after Lt Col Prasad Purohit's arrest, no steps were taken by the Army to 'protect their officer' and said that if 'he would have really discharged the duty under the colour of his office, there would have been protection to him'.
The special NIA court said no proof was brought to show that photocopies of missing documents can be used after 13 crucial statements went untraceable in 2016.
Judgment in the 2008 case is damning, not for the accused but for the political ecosystem that manipulated agencies, planted narratives, and criminalised identities
The witness was the Assistant Chemical analyser in the Directorate Forensic Science Laboratory (DFSL), Nashik, in 2008 and had reached the spot with his analysis kit for forensic analysis.
The September 2008 Malegaon blasts had left six people dead and over a hundred injured. All the seven accused, including former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, were acquitted by the court Thursday.
Originally founded in 1904 by the Hindutva ideologue to take on the British, the outfit was dissolved in 1954 and revived by his brother’s daughter-in-law Himani, the daughter of Gopal Godse, in 2006
A special NIA court charged all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case with terror conspiracy, murder and other related offences. This includes Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
All-round India-A beat Afghanistan-A to enter Tri-series final
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India A secure their spot in the final of the tri-series in Dambulla with a 101-run win over Afghanistan A. Priyansh Arya, Tilak Varma, and Kumar Kushagra all scored half-centuries, while Nishant Sindhu took four wickets to lead the bowling attack.
