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Thakur, one of the seven accused in the case, arrived around 2 pm, nearly two hours after the other accused in the case appeared before the court.

BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has appeared before a special NIA court in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Pragya Thakur's presence was required t

The NIA, through its special public prosecutors Avinash Rasal and Anushree Rasal, submitted to the court that 323 witnesses deposed, of whom 34 turned hostile.

A special court in Mumbai has disposed of a plea filed by some accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case seeking to initiate prosecution against a former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officer for allegedly planting evidence. The court said it will pass appropriate orders on the plea at the time of the final verdict of the case. | Mumbai news

Disposing of the plea on August 1, special judge AK Lahoti, however, noted the contentions raised by the accused are kept open and he is at liberty to point them out at the time of final hearing.

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The plea seeks legal action as per provisions of law against the officer.

The plea was based on the testimonies of two serving army personnel and the supplementary chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2016, which alleges that the ATS falsely implicated several accused individuals.

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With plays subtitled in English, NCPA's Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav plans a three-day celebration of Marathi theatre from May 5.