Overview

• Six relatives of those killed in the 2008 Malegaon bombing have filed a High Court appeal seeking to overturn the July 31 acquittal of seven accused, including Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit.
• The petition asks the court to quash the special NIA court’s verdict and calls for re-examination of key witnesses and evidence the families say was overlooked or suppressed.
• The appellants allege the NIA diluted the case by re-recording statements that contradicted earlier ATS testimonies, failing to add new witnesses, and withdrawing MCOCA years into the proceedings.
• The filing cites former special public prosecutor Rohini Salian’s claims of pressure to go slow as part of its call for scrutiny of the investigation and prosecution.
• The special court had acquitted the seven, ruling that the prosecution’s case did not meet the threshold for conviction, noting unresolved questions on the motorcycle link and procurement of explosives, and neither the NIA nor the state has appealed that ruling.