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The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has held in abeyance the retirement of Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit
The AFT said that, having gone through the material available on record, particularly, the judgment of the Special Judge NIA Court, Mumbai, dated 31.07.2025, prima facie, we find that a case is made out where the applicant (Col Purohit) may be right in contending that he is entitled to be considered for grant of promotion and all other service benefits at par with his junior which was denied to him on account of the illegal, fabricated manner in which he was implicated in the case, which is found to be established by the criminal Court while acquitting him. Taking note of the aforesaid, we direct that till the decision on the statutory complaint, the applicant's retirement should be kept in abeyance.