The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit's plea seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into his alleged abduction, illegal detention and brutal torture in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case.
A SC bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi Naveen Sinha and K M Joseph noted that entertaining the petition at this stage might impact the ongoing trial in the case. "Why should we interfere at this stageij It may impact the trial," the bench said.
After senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Purohit, told the court that the issue raised by Purohit be looked into, the SC bench granted Purohit the liberty to raise his contentions before the trial court and noted that it was not expressing any opinion on his petition.
The bench also said that the matter pertaining to the validity of sanction for prosecution against lt Col Purohit under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was also to be decided by the trial court.