Court to pronounce orders against Sanatan sadaks today

MARGAO, JULY 13
The South Goa Sessions court would pronounce orders on Wednesday on the framing of charges against the Sanatan Sadaks charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Margao bomb blast case.
The sessions court presided by Judge U V Bakre will also dispose of the bail applications moved by three of the accused persons arrested in the blast case.
The NIA has pressed for framing of charges against all the 11 accused persons under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives Act and for waging a war against the state and for rejection of the bail application moved by the accused.
On the other hand, the accused through their Mumbai-based legal counsel Adv Sanjiv Punalyekar  has argued for the discharge of all the accused in the case, saying the prosecution has not made out any case against the accused. The defence has also prayed that the accused be enlarged on bail in the even the court frames criminal charges against the accused.
During arguments spanning three days, the special public prosecutor S B Faria has called for framing of charges against the accused on grounds there’s prima facie evidence of the involvement of the accused in the conspiracy in the bomb blast case.
At the last date of hearing, Faria had submitted the central forensic report received from Hyderabad which stated that the writing “On and Off’ on the Improvised Explosive Devises matches with the handwriting of accused Dhananjay Asthekar. The report had given a major breakthrough for the NIA investigating the case and a boost for the prosecution in the case.
The defence, however, had raised doubts on the forensic report and has tried to impress the court that there’s no iota of evidence of whatsoever nature against any of the accused persons.
The prosecution had earlier told the court that the accused charged in the case had planned to trigger blasts in five place on the eve of the narkasura festival. Besides Margao and Sancoale, the prosecution had alleged that the accused had planned to trigger a blast in the port town of Vasco.