{"id":53837,"date":"2018-09-04T16:51:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53837"},"modified":"2018-09-04T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:21:52","slug":"malegaon-blasts-case-supreme-court-rejects-lt-col-purohits-plea-for-sit-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/malegaon-blasts-case-supreme-court-rejects-lt-col-purohits-plea-for-sit-probe","title":{"rendered":"Malegaon blasts case: Supreme Court rejects Lt Col Purohit&#8217;s Plea For SIT Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" data-attachment-id=\"53838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/malegaon-blasts-case-supreme-court-rejects-lt-col-purohits-plea-for-sit-probe\/shrikant-purohit_380_pti\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Shrikant-Purohit_380_PTI.jpg?fit=380%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"380,285\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shrikant-Purohit_380_PTI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Shrikant-Purohit_380_PTI.jpg?fit=380%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Shrikant-Purohit_380_PTI.jpg?resize=380%2C285&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Shrikant-Purohit_380_PTI.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Shrikant-Purohit_380_PTI.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Shrikant-Purohit_380_PTI.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to admit a plea by Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit\u00a0seeking a court-monitored investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into his alleged kidnapping\u00a0illegal detention and brutal torture in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bench, comprising\u00a0Justices Naveen Sinha ,Justices Ranjan Gogoi, and K M Joseph, said admission of the plea may interfere with the ongoing trial in the case.\u00a0Why should we interfere at this stage? 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