A bail plea by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, was rejected on July 9 by a special court which refused to accept her argument that the prosecution had failed to follow certain provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). In her bail plea filed in January, the Sadhvi had said that the prosecution failed to file its chargesheet in the case within the stipulated 90-day period and thus she is entitled to bail. Under the provisions of MCOCA, the period to file the chargesheet can be extended to 180 days if the prosecution files a brief of the progress report in the investigation before the court within 90 days and seeks extension to file the chargesheet. Special public prosecutor Rohini Salian, however, opposed the bail plea stating that the ATS had filed the report on the 89th day since Thakur’s arrest on October 23 and had thus not violated any provision.
SADHVI PRAGYA THAKUR’S BAIL PLEA REJECTED
A bail plea by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, was rejected on July 9 by a special court which refused to accept her argument that the prosecution had failed to follow certain provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
