The trial in the serial blast case has come to a virtual standstill after some of the accused approached the Supreme Court against invoking MCOCA against them.
ATS had filed first chargesheet on November 30, 2006 and a supplementary one on April 9 in 2007 accusing 13 persons under various sections of Indian Penal Code.
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court framed the charges on August 7, 2007 which were challenged by the accused in Sessions Court but the applications were rejected.
The accused further appealed in Bombay High Court which also rejected it. The Supreme Court has stayed the hearings in the case and the appeal is pending with it.
In their application, the accused had challenged the constitutional validity of section 2(1) (e) of MCOCA, that refers to "promoting of insurgency."
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