Mumbai, Feb 6 (Reporter) A designated court has rejected the bail plea of Munib Memon, an accused facing charges of the bomb blasts that occurred in August 2012 at Junglee Maharaj Road, Pune. In his bail plea, Memon has urged the court, while citing delay in trial, that when the Bombay High Court rejected his bail plea in September 2022, it directed the special court to finish the trial by end of December 2023. However, he said, the trial has not concluded yet and it has just begun. The court, however, rejected his grounds of bail. Meanwhile, two of the accused, Firoz alias Hamja Sayed and Imran Pathan, had pleaded guilty last month citing a delay in trial and prayed for a minimum sentence. They pleaded that they have so far already undergone 11 years of imprisonment since their arrest. The court rejected their plea, stating applicant had prayed for leniency while imposing the sentence. Since the applicant intends to plead guilty on a condition for imposing a minimum sentence, it would amount to plea bargaining. “The accused is chargesheeted for a serious offence against the security and sovereignty of the country, which cannot be viewed lightly. The Supreme Court of India in several cases has emphasised upon the courts that they must be sensitive while dealing with such offences and the accused persons involved in such crimes. The court cannot lose sight of the said fact, while interpreting the illegal provisions. Accepting the application of plead guilty of accused and taking lenient view would amount to show him undue sympathy,” the court said in its order separately passed on both the applications...////...