Pragya Singh Thakur and Colonel Prasad Purohit appeared before the sessions court in Mumbai on Saturday to complete her surety formalities following their acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The NIA Court had acquitted the duo and five others in the 17-year-old case, noting that the prosecution had not adduced cogent and reliable evidence to warrant conviction and to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. (PICS/ Sayyed Sameer Abedi, Text: PTI)

The NIA Court in Mumbai acquitted all the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on Thursday. The court said there was "no reliable and cogent evidence" while acquitting the seven accused: Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, Col Prasad Purohit, Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni (PICS/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI, SHADAB KHAN)