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Court refuses in-camera trial in Malegaon blast case
A special court here refused on Tuesday to conduct the trial in the September, 2008 Malegaon blast case in-camera.
Mumbai: A special court here refused on Tuesday to conduct the trial in the September, 2008 Malegaon blast case in-camera.
The court rejected an application filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking that the trial be held in-camera.
2008 Malegaon blasts case: A special court in Mumbai has rejected NIA application for in-camera trial. The court reserves the right to allow either full or partial proceedings to be reported of truncated witnesses. pic.twitter.com/5Tf0wKkeq7
— ANI (@ANI) October 1, 2019
Special NIA Judge V S Padalkar said conducting the trial in a "transparent manner" was among the reasons for rejecting the NIA's plea.
An in-camera hearing is conducted in private with only the judge, lawyers, accused and witnesses concerned in attendance.
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The proceedings of such hearing are not made known to the media or the members of the public.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit are among the accused facing trial in connection with a blast near a mosque in Malegaon town of Nashik district in Maharashtra on September 29, 2008, in which six people were killed and nearly 100 injured. (PTI)