Mumbai, Maharashtra: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday, April 22, closed the 2006 Malegaon blast case quashing all the charges against four accused in connection with the incident.

While hearing the appeal filed by the accused against a September 2025 order of a special court framing charges against them, a division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Shyam Chandak pronounced the order, closing the case against Rajendra Chaudhary, Dhan Singh, Manohar Ram Singh Narwaria and Lokesh Sharma.

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The court has brought the trial against the mentioned accused to an end. The Malegaon blast case dates back to 2006, which took place in a Muslim graveyard, near to a Masjid after Friday prayers on the holy day of Shab e Bara’at in the Nashik district of Maharashtra. The serial bomb blast resulted in over 30 deaths and many injuries.

The appeal filed by the accused had questioned the manner in which the trial court framed charges and the discharge of several co-accused in the case. The accused had challenged the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court’s September 30, 2025, order framing charges against them.

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