Above: Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit

Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit, accused in the Malegaon blast case on Thursday (January 18) filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) imposed on him.

Earlier, Lieutenant Colonel Purohit and Sameer Kulkarni had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the same Act. But the court had rejected it.

After this the petition was filed in the Supreme Court.

—India Legal Bureau