New Delhi---The applicability of MCOCA in the Malegaon 2008 case hinged on trial courts taking cognisance of at least two other chargesheets against one or more of the accused. Two previous chargesheets of an organised crime syndicate is a requirement for MCOCA. In this case, the arguments revolved around whether a co-accused, Rakesh Dhawade, had been chargesheeted in two earlier blast cases, in Parbhani and in Jalna.
INDIAN EXPRESS
