A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Manoj Misra refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court ruling which had dismissed Purohit’s plea.
The top court, however, clarified that the trial court should not be influenced by observations in the High Court’s order.
” … the Special Leave Petition is not entertained. However, as we are informed that the trial against the petitioner is continuing, the observation made in the impugned order for the purpose of examining the issue of sanction should not prejudice either the prosecution or the defence, in the proceedings before the trial court. With the above order, the Special Leave Petition stands dismissed,” the Court said.
Purohit, a serving army officer, is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, after it was discovered he had attended meetings of a group called Abhinav Bharat where the conspiracy for the blasts were hatched.
Source: Barandbench
