Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, who is facing terror charges, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order dismissing his plea to quash a decision by a special court to take cognisance of offences against him in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case without a “valid sanction” for prosecution.
“The Special Court is likely to proceed with the framing of charges against the petitioner [Purohit] and others under the offences punishable under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The continuance of prosecution without determining the existence of a valid sanction shall amount to manifest injustice and an abuse of process of law,” Lt. Col. Purohit pleaded.
He had failed to convince the High Court to quash the cognisance taken by the Special Court for offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for want of prior sanction mandated under Sections 45 (1) and (2) of the Act.
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