Supreme Court calls 2008 Bengaluru blast case accused 'a dangerous man'

The Supreme Court on Monday called Keralas People Democratic Party leader Abdul Nazir Maudany facing trial in the Bengaluru blasts case of 2008 a dangerous manMaudany had moved the top court seeking permission to leave for Bengaluru for his hometown in Kerala and wanted to remain there till the trial was overA bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde and comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said You are a dangerous man The Chief Justice noted Bail was granted by a Bench of which I was a part However Justice Ramasubramanian said he might have represented him earlier as a lawyer and if it is correct then he will not be able to hear the matterMaudany had moved the top court has sought relief citing delay of more than six years in completing the trialSenior advocate Jayant Bhushan representing the petitioner submitted before the bench that Justice Bobde had allowed him to travel to Kerala for a brief period for personal reasons However the bail was granted by another benchMaudanys counsel sought time to verify the observation made by Justice Ramasubramaniam After a brief hearing in the matter the top court scheduled it for further hearing next weekIn an application Maudany56 had contended the cases were being dragged due to various reasons recall of witnesses transfer of prosecutor and trial judges and Covid19 and it was necessary to relax the bail conditions He insisted that currently his presence in the trial was not requiredIn July 2014 the top court had granted bail to Maudany in the backdrop of his health issues and directed him not to leave BengaluruMaudany claimed that he was unable to avail Ayurveda treatment for his illhealth and cited the ongoing Covid19 pandemic as the reasonHis application filed through advocates Harris Beeran and RS Jena contended the Karnataka government had made a submission before the top court in 2014 that the trial will be completed within a period of four months However since then more than six years have elapsed and the trial has still not been concludedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever