Malegaon Blasts: Bombay HC Asks Col Purohit to Submit Bail Plea

People walk past a damaged bicycle lying at a blast site inside a mosque in Malegaon, 260 km northeast of Mumbai 9 September.(Photo: Reuters)

• In the latest development in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court has asked for Colonel Prasad Purohit’s bail application to be submitted in a trial court as a fresh application.
  
  
• The High Court has further asked the sessions court to take a decision on this within six weeks.
  
  
• Previously in April, Colonel Purohit had asked for some documents from the army to prove his innocence, permission for which was granted by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
  
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(With ANI inputs.)