New Delhi [India], The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the trial court proceedings against Sameer Kulkarni, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, while hearing his plea that he be booked for illegal activities. The basis for prosecution is the (Approval) (Redressal) Act proceedings taken. Under this him. This act was not appropriate. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Sanjay Kumar stayed the trial court proceedings and posted the matter for hearing on July 23, with Kulkarni seeking a stay on the proceedings under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. A petition was filed in the apex court, stating that the sanction taken to prosecute him was not appropriate. The bench had earlier issued a notice to the Maharashtra government and sought its response. The petition, filed by Kulkarni through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, challenged the competence of the trial court to hear the case and that too without any statutory basis. The sanction plea under Section 45(2) of the UAPA challenged the Bombay High Court's June 28, 2023 order, which had upheld the NIA court's April 24, 2023 order, Kulkarni, regarding the competence of the court . The argument was rejected. Prosecution without valid sanction, "No prosecution can be initiated and the entire process is being carried out in vain, such proceedings are void and without jurisdiction and the petitioner is being harassed and deprived of his rights under Section 21 are being deprived." Kulkarni said BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and six others, including Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, were tried for the Malegaon blast on September 29, 2008.