In a major relief to BJP President Amit Shah, a special CBI court in Mumbai today discharged him in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

In a brief order pronounced in the court, Special CBI Judge M B Gosavi said he is of the opinion that the inference drawn by CBI is not accepted in totality and Mr Shah cannot be charged as an accused. Details of the judgement will be available later.

The CBI had charged Mr Shah, the then Minister of State for Home in Gujarat, as an accused in the killing of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati. The CBI had cited some telephone calls between Mr Shah and two other accused in its case against Mr Shah.