Sadhvi Pragya Thakur gets bail in 2008 Malegaon blast case.

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2008 Malegaon blast case: Sadhvi Pragya Singh gets bail. Lt Col. Purohit’s bail rejected. 

TNN | New Delhi | Apr 25, 2017:: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, accused of plotting the September 2008 blasts in Maharashtra’s Malegaon, in which seven people were killed. However, the court rejected the bail of another prime accused Lt Col Prasad Srikant Purohit.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur was granted bail on a surety of Rs five lakh. In March, the High Court had reserved its order on the bail plea filed by Purohit.

The duo had moved the High Court after the special court that hears terror cases probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) rejected their bail pleas.

Earlier, while filing for bail, Purohit had claimed that Abhinav Bharat Trust, that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claimed was used to procure the weapons and explosives used for the blast, was formed keeping senior army officers in the loop and was to be registered as a political party.

The chargesheet filed by the NIA this year had said that Purohit flouted the service rules by forming the outfit in 2006, despite being an army man. The investigating agency said Purohit and the other accused collected funds for the outfit, which were then used to buy weapons.

In his bail plea, Purohit had reportedly said that he was acting in discharge of his duty to gather more intelligence.