Samjhauta Express bombing case: NIA court in Panchkula acquits all four key accused, cites lack of sufficient evidence
5 years, 9 months ago

Samjhauta Express bombing case: NIA court in Panchkula acquits all four key accused, cites lack of sufficient evidence

Firstpost  

All four accused persons in the 2007 Samjhauta train bombing case, Swami Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan and Rajinder Chaudhary, on Wednesday were acquitted by a special NIA Court in Panchkula. All four accused persons in the 2007 Samjhauta train bombing case, Swami Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan and Rajinder Chaudhary, were acquitted Wednesday by a special NIA Court in Panchkula. “The NIA Special Court has concluded that the investigating agency has failed to prove the conspiracy charge and ruled that accused deserve a benefit of doubt,” The Indian Express quoted NIA Counsel RK Handa as saying. The blast in Samjhauta Express occurred near Panipat in Haryana on 18 February, 2007, when the train was on its way to Attari in Amritsar, the last railway station on the Indian side.

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NIA court convicts 28 in Kasganj’s Chandan Gupta murder case
6 days, 21 hours ago

NIA court convicts 28 in Kasganj’s Chandan Gupta murder case

Hindustan Times  

Nearly seven years after the murder of one Chandan Gupta in the communal flare-up in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj during Tiranga Yatra on January 26, 2018, the National Investigation Agency special court here on Thursday convicted 28 accused in the case. Those convicted are Salim, Wasim, Nasim, Jahid ‘Jagga’, Asiq Qureshi ‘Hitler’, Aslam Qureshi, Akram, Taufeeq, Khillan, Shabab, Rahat, Salam, Mohsin, …

Abdul Karim Tunda, main accused in 1993 serial bomb blasts case acquitted by TADA court
10 months, 1 week ago

Abdul Karim Tunda, main accused in 1993 serial bomb blasts case acquitted by TADA court

India TV News  

A TADA court in Ajmer, Rajasthan, acquitted Abdul Karim Tunda, the main accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, on Thursday due to a lack of evidence. Lack of concrete evidence According to Tunda's lawyer, the Central Bureau of Investigation failed to provide substantial evidence in various acts, including TADA, IPC, Railway Acts, Arms Act, or Explosive Substances Act. …

NIA Files Chargesheet Against Three More Accused in Rajasthan PFI Conspiracy Case
11 months, 1 week ago

NIA Files Chargesheet Against Three More Accused in Rajasthan PFI Conspiracy Case

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency has filed a charge-sheet against three more accused in the Rajasthan Popular Front of India case wherein the now-banned outfit was accused of a conspiracy to radicalise Muslim youth and provide them with weapons training to foment violence. The accused are Vajid Ali who has been booked under sections 120B, 153 A of the IPC and …

Jaipur Serial Blasts 2008: BJP protests against Ashok Gehlot govt over acquittal of accused
1 year, 9 months ago

Jaipur Serial Blasts 2008: BJP protests against Ashok Gehlot govt over acquittal of accused

India TV News  

Jaipur Serial Blasts 2008: The Bhartiya Janta Party on Saturday held a protest against the Congress government in Rajasthan blaming it for the acquittal of four accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blast case. Allegations of the Opposition party The opposition party alleged that due to the state government's "appeasement politics", the prosecution did not put up a strong …

Rajasthan High Court acquits four accused in 2008 Jaipur blasts that killed 71 people
1 year, 9 months ago

Rajasthan High Court acquits four accused in 2008 Jaipur blasts that killed 71 people

India Today  

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday acquitted four accused in the deadly 2008 serial Jaipur blasts which claimed 71 lives and left over 180 injured. In December 2019, a trial court had sentenced the four accused to death. On Wednesday, the high court freed all four and asked the chief secretary to probe the investigating officer in the case. The …

Terror accused held trial blast at Shivamogga
2 years, 3 months ago

Terror accused held trial blast at Shivamogga

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Shivamogga police's interrogation of the accused persons arrested in connection with terror links has thrown light into the accused successfully conducting a trial blast of the bombs they made and how they gained the knowledge of making bombs with the help of their terror network. Shivamogga Superintendent of Police Dr Lakshmi Prasad said that the accused conducted a test …

Breaking| Kashmir Terror Recruitment Case: Kerala High Court Confirms Conviction Of 10 Accused, Acquits 3
2 years, 8 months ago

Breaking| Kashmir Terror Recruitment Case: Kerala High Court Confirms Conviction Of 10 Accused, Acquits 3

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday confirmed the conviction and sentence awarded to prime accused Thadiyantavida Nazeer and nine others in the Kashmir terror recruitment case in a judgment that runs to 205 pages. The terror recruitment case revolves around the allegations that persons from Kerala are being recruited in terror camps in Jammu and Kashmir. The convicted accused moved …

49 convicted, 28 acquitted in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case
2 years, 11 months ago

49 convicted, 28 acquitted in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

The Hindu  

After a protracted trial that lasted almost 13 years, a special court on Tuesday delivered its verdict, holding 49 guilty in the 2008 serial blasts case in which Ahmedabad was rocked by a series of bomb blasts that left 56 dead and 200 injured. Patel delivered the verdict in the most high-profile serial blasts case in Gujarat. The police said …

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case: Gujarat special court convicts 49 accused, acquits 28 others
2 years, 11 months ago

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case: Gujarat special court convicts 49 accused, acquits 28 others

India TV News  

Highlights The blasts had claimed 56 lives and nearly 80 accused were put on trial The court had concluded the trial in the more than 13-year-old case in September last year Senior public prosecutor Sudhir Brahmbhatt said the verdict is likely to be pronounced on Tuesday A special court in Gujarat on Tuesday pronounced its judgement in the case related …

Ludhiana court blast: NIA files case against banned outfit member
3 years ago

Ludhiana court blast: NIA files case against banned outfit member

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency has registered a case against Jaswinder Singh Multani, a member of the banned Khalistani outfit Sikhs for Justice and the prime suspect in the December 23 Ludhiana court blast, and others as part of a probe into a larger conspiracy for attacks in Indian cities, people familiar with the matter said. Officials cited above said Multani, …

Trial in Ahmedabad Serial Blast Case Concludes After 13 Years; Court Reserves Verdict
3 years, 4 months ago

Trial in Ahmedabad Serial Blast Case Concludes After 13 Years; Court Reserves Verdict

News 18  

Thirteen years after 56 people were killed in a series of bomb blasts in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, a special court here has concluded the trial against 77 accused, while reserving its verdict in the matter. The prosecution examined over 1,100 witnesses in the lengthy trial, which began in December 2009, over a year after a series of bomb blasts rocked the …

Burdwan Blast Case: NIA Court Sentences Top Bangladeshi Terrorist to 29 Years in Jail
3 years, 10 months ago

Burdwan Blast Case: NIA Court Sentences Top Bangladeshi Terrorist to 29 Years in Jail

News 18  

A special NIA court here on Wednesday sentenced the India head of Bangladesh-based terrorist organisation Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen to 29 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 for his involvement in the 2014 Burdwan blast case. He is also a charge-sheeted accused in another NIA case relating to Bihar's Bodh Gaya Blast which took place in January 2018. On …

Burdwan Blast Case: NIA Court in Kolkata Sentences Four Jamat-ul-Mujaheedin for Seven Years
4 years, 4 months ago

Burdwan Blast Case: NIA Court in Kolkata Sentences Four Jamat-ul-Mujaheedin for Seven Years

News 18  

A special NIA court here has sentenced four militants of the banned Jamat-ul-Mujaheedin of Bangladesh terror group to seven years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each for their involvement in the Burdwan blast case of 2014. Ziaul Hoque, Motiur Rahaman, Mohammad Yusuf and Jahirul Sheikh have been jailed for seven years and fined Rs 5,000 by the …

Four held guilty in 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case
5 years ago

Four held guilty in 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case

The Hindu  

A special court here on Wednesday convicted four persons of the serial blasts that ripped through the Walled City of Jaipur 11 years ago, killing 71 persons and leaving about 200 injured. Those held guilty of planting the bombs and carrying out the explosions on May 13, 2008, were Mohammed Saif, Mohammed Sarwar Azmi, Saifur Rehman and Mohammed Salman. Public …

Four convicted, one acquitted in 2008 Jaipur blasts case that killed 71
5 years ago

Four convicted, one acquitted in 2008 Jaipur blasts case that killed 71

The Hindu  

Four persons were convicted by a special court in Jaipur on Wednesday for the serial blasts that ripped through the Walled City on May 13, 2008, killing 71 persons and leaving about 200 injured. The four were convicted under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Unlawful Activities Act and the Explosives Act in eight cases registered by the …

Hawara acquitted in 95’ RDX recovery case
5 years, 1 month ago

Hawara acquitted in 95’ RDX recovery case

Hindustan Times  

The court of additional sessions judge Arunvir Vashishta on Friday acquitted Babbar Khalsa militant Jagtar Singh Hawara in a 25-year-old case of recovery of 5kg RDX from Kundanpuri area near Buddha Nullah on his ‘disclosure’. Apart from RDX, police had recovered an AK 56 rifle, one wireless walkie-talkie from near Budhhah Nullah in Kundanpuri area allegedly on the disclosure of …

Jalandhar tiffin bombing: CBI gets 4th accused’s custody
5 years, 2 months ago

Jalandhar tiffin bombing: CBI gets 4th accused’s custody

Hindustan Times  

A local court granted production warrant of the fourth accused, Ratan Dhanjal alias Chuha of Jivan Nagar village in Sirsa district of Haryana, in the 2015 Jalandhar tiffin bombing case to the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday. HT Image Dhanjal, a proclaimed offender in the tiffin bombing case, is accused of supplying explosives in the form of RDX to …

2014 Burdwan blast case: NIA arrests Jahirul Sheikh, top militant of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, in Indore
5 years, 4 months ago

2014 Burdwan blast case: NIA arrests Jahirul Sheikh, top militant of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, in Indore

Firstpost  

The Burdwan case is related to the large scale conspiracy by the JMB to radicalize, recruit and provide training in arms and explosives to its members in India. New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has arrested a top militant of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terror group from Madhya Pradesh in connection with the 2014 Burdwan blast case, officials said on Tuesday. …

Samjahuta Blast: Appeal Filed Against Acquittal Of Aseemanand, 3 Others
5 years, 5 months ago

Samjahuta Blast: Appeal Filed Against Acquittal Of Aseemanand, 3 Others

Live Law  

Pakistan national Rahila Vakil, who claimed that her father was one of those killed in the Samjhauta Express blast in 2007, filed a plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging the acquittal of Swami Aseemanand and three others in the case. Vakil filed the appeal before the high court through her counsel Momin Malik. "The appeal was filed …

'Why No Appeal Filed Against Acquittals In Samjauta Blasts Case?', Asks Singhvi In Rajya Sabha
5 years, 5 months ago

'Why No Appeal Filed Against Acquittals In Samjauta Blasts Case?', Asks Singhvi In Rajya Sabha

Live Law  

In Rajya Sabha on Wedensday, Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singvi raised the issue of Centre not filing appeal against the acquittal of all accused by a Special NIA Court in the Samjauta blasts case.This was during a debate on the National Investigation Agency Bill 2019 in the upper house.Singhvi said that NIA had a bad record of convictions in …

Samjauta Blasts Case :'Best Evidence Not Produced', Special Court Slams Shoddy NIA Investigation [Read Judgment]
5 years, 9 months ago

Samjauta Blasts Case :'Best Evidence Not Produced', Special Court Slams Shoddy NIA Investigation [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

"I have to conclude this judgment with deep pain and anguish as a dastardly act of violence remained unpunished for want of credible and admissible evidence", observed Jagdeep Singh, Special Judge of NIA Court Panchkula, while acquitting all accused in the case relating to bomb blasts in Samjauta Express in 2007 which led to the killing of 68 people.Former Rashtriya …

BJP uses Samjhauta blast verdict to slam Congress
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP uses Samjhauta blast verdict to slam Congress

India TV News  

The BJP on Friday used the Samjhauta train blast case verdict to target the Congress-led UPA government, saying the "Hindu terror" theory was established to further its political gains but the real culprits got away. Addressing a press conference here, Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the UPA government and the Congress will have to be held …

India says Pakistan trying to politicise Samjhauta Express blast verdict to deflect attention from failure to act against terrorists
5 years, 9 months ago

India says Pakistan trying to politicise Samjhauta Express blast verdict to deflect attention from failure to act against terrorists

Firstpost  

At a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said due process was followed in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case and the court has given the verdict based on materials available to it. New Delhi: India on Friday accused Pakistan of trying to politicise the court verdict in Samjhauta Express terror case to “deflect” attention from its “failure” to bring …

Travesty of justice: On Samjhauta case acquittals
5 years, 9 months ago

Travesty of justice: On Samjhauta case acquittals

The Hindu  

The acquittal of Swami Aseemanand and three others brought to trial for the killing of 68 people on board the Delhi-Lahore Samjhauta Express near Panipat in February 2007 is bound to be seen as a travesty of justice. Any acquittal in a heinous crime will raise questions about the credibility of the investigation or the effectiveness of the prosecution; but …

4 acquitted in Samjhauta blast case: Pakistan summons Indian envoy; BJP calls verdict 'historic', Opposition slams 'double standards'
5 years, 9 months ago

4 acquitted in Samjhauta blast case: Pakistan summons Indian envoy; BJP calls verdict 'historic', Opposition slams 'double standards'

Firstpost  

A special NIA Court in Panchkula on Wednesday acquitted all four accused in the 2007 Samjhauta train bombing case for lack of evidence, invoking sharp and wildly contrasting reactions from Pakistan, the Indian government, victims’ families and the Opposition. 2007 : Samjhauta Express Bomb Blast 68 killed NIA charged 8 accused Verdict : No one knows who killed the 68 …

Chronology of Samjhauta Express blast case
5 years, 9 months ago

Chronology of Samjhauta Express blast case

ABP News  

PANCHKULA: A National Investigation Agency court here on Wednesday acquitted all four accused, including Hindu leader Swami Aseemanand, in the February 2007 Samjhauta Express train blast which killed 68 people, mostly Pakistanis. The blast on February 18, 2007 in the train, which runs between Delhi and Lahore, at Haryana's Panipat left 43 Pakistanis, 10 Indians and 15 unidentified people dead. …

Samjhauta Express blast: Swami Aseemanand and three other accused acquitted by NIA court
5 years, 9 months ago

Samjhauta Express blast: Swami Aseemanand and three other accused acquitted by NIA court

Op India  

The Special National Investigation Agency court in Panchkula acquitted four accused in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case which had claimed the lives of around 68 people. Samjhauta Blast Case: All four accused -Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan and Rajinder Chaudhary have been acquitted by Special NIA Court in Panchkula pic.twitter.com/9urDpWm87r — ANI March 20, 2019 The Special NIA court …

Samjhauta Train Blast Case: Aseemanand, 3 Others Acquitted
5 years, 9 months ago

Samjhauta Train Blast Case: Aseemanand, 3 Others Acquitted

Live Law  

A special court at Panchkula on Wednesday acquitted Swami Aseemanand and three others in the Samjhauta train blast case that left 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead in 2007. All the four accused, Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan and Rajinder Chaudhary have been acquitted by the court, NIA counsel Rajan Malhotra said. The blast in the …

NIA court acquits Aseemanand, 3 others in Samjhauta train bombing case
5 years, 9 months ago

NIA court acquits Aseemanand, 3 others in Samjhauta train bombing case

The Hindu  

A special National Investigation Agency court on Wednesday acquitted four people, including main accused Swami Aseemanand, in the 2007 Samjhauta train bombing case. Advocate Mukesh Garg, one of the counsel for Swami Aseemanand, told reporters that the court had acquitted all the accused as the prosecution was not able to prove the allegations. Apart from Aseemanand, a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak …

We can identify Samjhauta bombers: Pakistan couple
5 years, 9 months ago

We can identify Samjhauta bombers: Pakistan couple

The Hindu  

A Pakistani couple whose five children were burnt to death in the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombing are ready to depose before a special NIA court that they had “seen the bombers and could identify them.” Rana Shaukat Ali and his wife Rukshana, residents of Faisalabad in Pakistan who were grievously injured while trying to rescue their five children, had a …

Why NIA Court Today Deferred Verdict In Samjhauta Express Blast Case Involving Swami Aseemanand?
5 years, 9 months ago

Why NIA Court Today Deferred Verdict In Samjhauta Express Blast Case Involving Swami Aseemanand?

Live Law  

A special NIA court had to defer its verdict that was expected to be pronounced on Monday in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case in which Swami Aseemanand is one of the accused after a last-minute application by a Pakistani woman. In a surprise plea, the woman moved the anti-terror court for directions for examination of the blast eyewitnesses from …

Samjhauta Express blast case: NIA court posts matter for 14 March after Pakistani woman claims she has relevant evidence
5 years, 9 months ago

Samjhauta Express blast case: NIA court posts matter for 14 March after Pakistani woman claims she has relevant evidence

Firstpost  

A special NIA court put off the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case verdict after a Pakistani woman filed a petition claiming she had some evidence relevant to the case Panchkula: A special NIA court Monday put off the pronouncement of verdict in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case and posted the matter for 14 March after a Pakistani woman filed …

Haryana Court reserves order in Samjhauta Expess blast case for March 14
5 years, 9 months ago

Haryana Court reserves order in Samjhauta Expess blast case for March 14

Deccan Chronicle  

Panchkula: Haryana's Panchkula court on Monday reserved the order in the Samjhauta Express blast case for March 14. “The Samjhauta Express train blast case of 18.02.2007 was a "dreadful terrorist act" in which two powerful bomb blasts were carried out by a group of people in pursuance of a criminal conspiracy with an intent to kill people and further to …

Samjhauta Express blast case: 12 years after incident, special NIA court likely to pronounce verdict today
5 years, 9 months ago

Samjhauta Express blast case: 12 years after incident, special NIA court likely to pronounce verdict today

India TV News  

The verdict in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case is likely to be pronounced by a special National Investigation Agency court in Panchkula on Monday. Samjhauta Express, that connects India and Pakistan was jolted by a blast on February 18, 2007, in which 68 people had lost their lives. Earlier in June 2011, the NIA had filed a chargesheet in …

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