HC upholds acquittal of six accused in ’09 Goa blast case

The Goa bench of Bombay extreme courtroom docket on Saturday upheld the say of a particular courtroom docket acquitting the whole accused fee-sheeted by the Nationwide Investigation Firm (NIA) in reference to a bomb blast that took put in Margao in 2009.

As per the NIA, these fee-sheeted allegedly had hyperlinks with factual-flit crew Sanatan Sanstha.

The bomb, which was as quickly as positioned in a scooter, went off on October 16, on the eve of Diwali, killing two individuals who police recognized as Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik.

The duo was as quickly as ferrying the bomb when it exploded, the police had mentioned on the time.

NIA counsel Counsel Pravin Faldesai instructed reporters in Panaji on Saturday that Vinay Talekar, Dhananjay Ashtekar, Prashant Ashtekar, Vinayak Patil, Prashant Juvekar and Dilip Mazgaonkar indulge in been acquitted by the Excessive Court docket bench of Justices MS Sonak and MS Jawalkar, which gave them the attend of doubt.

“The Excessive Court docket considered the attraction in elevated ingredient and held that the accused be given the attend of doubt. The HC expunged a press originate within the particular courtroom docket say which had mentioned the NIA investigation was as quickly as with malafide plan,” Faldesai mentioned.

The particular courtroom docket had acquitted the accused in 2013 after which the NIA approached HC.

A whole of 11 individuals, together with the 2 deceased, indulge in been named as accused within the case.

“There was as quickly as one indispensable circumstance which we needed to level out that this express Sanstha had the motive to habits this blast…, however the courtroom docket mentioned that we may effectively presumably additionally now not put up a proper proof, ” Faldessai added.

(With firm inputs)