Supreme Court blow for Malegaon blast accused Lieutenant Colonel Purohit

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by Malegaon blast accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who had challenged the framing of charges against him in a trial court, and asked him to approach the high court.

NIA chief Sharad Kumar had last week said that Purohit was not involved in the Samjhauta Express blast case, adding that no evidence was found against him. Purohit, who is one of the main accused in the Samjhauta and Malegaon blasts cases, is presently in jail for over seven years.

The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy that resulted in bomb blasts in the Samjhauta Express train near Panipat in Haryana on February 18, 2007.