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Mumbai: A Mumbai sessions court is likely to decide on Saturday on the discharge plea filed by the nine accused in Malegaon blasts case. The National Investigation Agency in its 7-page reply did not oppose the discharge plea, instead it asked the court to pass appropriate orders.
The NIA has also said that its probe of the Malegaon blasts was not in consonance with the evidence collected by the Anti-Terrorist Squad and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
In the application before a designated Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court, the accused had said there were contradictions in the earlier chargesheets filed by Maharashtra ATS, CBI and NIA.
The accused had alleged that they were falsely implicated in the case and urged the court to direct the Commissioner of Police or any other competent authority to initiate a departmental inquiry against erring police and ATS officials.
The NIA had concluded that their confession was not voluntary and had been allegedly obtained from the accused under duress, said lawyer Sharif Shaikh, who provides free legal aid to the accused through Jamiat-Ulama-e Maharashtra.
The court had earlier granted bail to seven accused facing charges in the Malegaon blasts after the NIA probed the case and submitted its primary report in November 2011.
Four bombs had exploded in Malegaon on September 8, 2006, killing 37 people, on the occasion of 'Shab-e-Baraat', considered auspicious among Muslims, when they assemble to pay respects to their departed kin.
With additional inputs from PTI
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