2008 Malegaon blast case: Court to announce order on NIA's 'in camera' plea on Oct 1

Such trial would allow accused, counsel and judge to be present during court proceedings and bar media from covering it.

NIA Court issues warrant against 2008 Malegaon blast witness

The Judge further noted that as per the statement of the special public prosecutor and NIA officer, the witness was out of reach on his mobile phone.

The counsel for the NIA informed the bench that the NIA judge in his order has said that the issue of validity of sanction legality will remain open.

The NIA in its reply has justified supplying truncated copies to accused.

All the seven accused have been charged under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and other IPC sections.

Special NIA court judge Vinod Padalkar rejected his petition after hearing the arguments of Purohit and other accused in the case.

On December 18, 2017, the high court had refused to quash the government's sanction for Purohit's prosecution.

Sources said that the reports of these commissions were kept pending for several years or were not implemented or rejected.

Special public prosecutor Avinash Rasal said that the court has granted bail to Kulkarni.

This comes after SC on Monday set aside the Bombay High Court’s earlier order and granted bail to Lt Col Purohit in Malegaon blasts case.