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MUMBAI, Jul 31: A special court here on Thursday acquitted all the seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case in which six persons were killed and 101 others injured.
\nSpecial Judge A K Lahoti, assigned to hear cases of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), flagged several loopholes in the prosecution\u2019s case and the investigation carried out, and said the accused persons deserved the benefit of doubt.
\nSix persons were killed and more than 100 injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in the Malegaon town, located about 200 km from Mumbai, on September 29, 2008.
\nThe judge, while reading out the judgment, said there was no \u201creliable and cogent\u201d evidence to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
\nThe provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) were not applicable to the case, the court said.
\nThe court also said it was not established that the motorbike used in the blast was registered in the name of Thakur, as claimed by the prosecution.
\nIt has also not been established that the blast was carried out by the bomb allegedly planted on the bike, the court said.
\nEarlier in the morning, the seven accused, all out on bail, arrived at the sessions court in south Mumbai which was barricaded with heavy security.
\nThe accused in the case comprised Thakur, Purohit, Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni.
\nThey all were charged for committing a terrorist act under provisions of the UAPA and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act.
\nThe prosecution\u2019s claim was that the blast was orchestrated by right wing extremists with an intention to terrorise the local Muslim community.<\/p>\n

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MUMBAI, Jul 31: A special court here on Thursday acquitted all the seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case in which six persons were killed and 101 others injured. 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