The case TrailSept 27, 2008: An explosive device strapped to a motorcycle detonated near a mosque at Bikku chowk in Malegaon townSept 29, 2008: An FIR was lodged at Azad Nagar police station at MalegaonOct21 , 2008: Maharashtra Terrorist Squad (ATS) took over this caseNov 27, 2008: ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed in a terrorist attack in MumbaiOct 23, 2008: ATS made the first arrest in this case, namely Sadvi Pragya Singh as well as three other accusedOct 23, 2008: ATS arrested Lt Col Prasad Purohit for involvement and conspiracyJan 20, 2009: ATS filed chargesheet and charged them under MCOCA & UAPAJuly 2009: The special court said that the MCOCA was not applicable in the caseAug 2009: Maha govt moved against the special court in Bombay High CourtJuly 2010: Bombay High Court overturned the special court order and upheld the charges under MCOCAAug 2010: Accused Pragya and Lt Colonel Purohit moved SC against the HC orderApr 13, 2011: NIA took over case and held Lokesh Sharma & Dhan Singh; total arrested 14Apr 2015: The SC sent back the case to special court to reconsider the applicability of MCOCAFeb 2016: NIA told court that they’d sought AG’s view and MCOCA was applicableMay 2016: NIA filed another chargesheet in special court and asked to drop MCOCA against the accused and give a clean chit to all sevenApr 25, 2017: The Bombay High Court granted bail to Sadvi Pragya Singh but no relief to Lt Colonel PurohitSept 21, 2017: Lt Colonel Purohit finally got the bail via the Supreme Court. Later all accused arrested in this case were granted bailDec 27, 2017: The special court of NIA dropped the charge that the accused was a member of the terrorist organisation and raising funds for itDec 3, 2018: The trail began with examinations of first witnessesSept 14, 2023: Court examined 323 prosecution witnesses; 37 turned hostileJuly 23, 2023: The examination of defence witnesses were completedAug 12, 2023: The special court recorded the final statement of accusedApr 19, 2025: The special court closed the trail for the judgmentJuly 31, 2025: Special court judge LK Lahoti acquitted all seven accused
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