Overview

• The appeal, filed on September 8 by six relatives through advocate Mateen Shaikh, seeks to quash the special NIA court’s July 31 verdict acquitting seven accused.
• Petitioners cite the LML motorcycle allegedly linked to Pragya Singh Thakur and call detail records indicating coordination, while pointing to Lt Col Prasad Purohit’s statements about attending meetings.
• They argue that defects in the probe should not result in acquittal and request re-examination of witnesses and consideration of evidence they say was overlooked or suppressed.
• According to the High Court website, the case is likely to be heard on September 15 by a bench led by Justice A S Gadkari, and the NIA has not filed its own appeal.
• The special court held that suspicion could not replace proof and flagged investigative lapses in acquitting the seven, while convicting one person under the Arms Act; the 2008 blast killed six and injured 101.