Mumbai, July 31 (Reporter) The Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court, presided over by Judge AK Lahoti, is scheduled to deliver its long-awaited verdict today in the high-profile 2008 Malegaon blast case. The judgment, expected at 11:00 a.m., comes 17 years after the terror attack and involves key accused and former BJP Member of Parliament Pragya Singh Thakur. Significant security measures have been implemented around the Sessions Court in South Mumbai ahead of the ruling, with a heavy police presence deployed outside the courthouse complex. The verdict has drawn substantial media attention, with a large contingent of electronic media photographers and videographers stationed outside the court building to capture visuals of the accused, their legal teams, and other attendees of the 11:00 a.m. proceedings. The trial, which began in 2018, concluded on April 19, 2025. The case was subsequently reserved for judgment. The explosion on the night of September 29, 2008, near Bhikku Chowk in Malegaon, killed six people and injured over a hundred. A low-intensity bmb fitted to a motorcycle detonated near a busy intersection, triggering panic and chaos in the communally sensitive town. Initially investigated by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the case was taken over by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2011. The NIA re-registered the offence and conducted further investigations. Since then, multiple chargesheets and supplementary reports have been filed. The trial began in 2018 after charges were formally framed against seven accused...////...