HC to reserve bail plea of accused in arms haul case

The Bombay High court on Tuesday reserved its order till August 27 on a bail application moved by Javed Ahmed Abdul Majid, an accused in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case along with suspected 26/11 attack handler Abu Jundal. The case pertains to the seizure of 30kg of RDX, 10 AK-47 assault rifles and 3,200 bullets by Maharashtra ATS from a Tata Sumo on May 8, 2006 after a chase on the Chandwad-Manmad highway near Aurangabad. Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal is also an accused in this case. Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thackeray strongly opposed Majid's prayer contending that he was deeply involved in the conspiracy and granting him bail will influence witnesses and send wrong signal to the society.