Lt Col Purohit Tells Court He's Army's "Unsung Hero", Seeks Speedy Hearing

Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast case, asked for his case to be remanded back to the trial court in the Bombay High Court on Monday.

Advocate Sandesh Patil, appearing for the National Investigation Agency (NIA), opposed the plea in the high court.

Patil, while addressing a division bench of Justice S S Shinde and Justice N J Jamadar said, "There is robust reasoning and a detailed manner in which the judge has recorded. So, any order cannot just be set aside and remanded. A fresh application may be filed - there is no objection to that. But without a proper hearing, the order cannot just be set aside.”