HC converts death sentence of four to life imprisonment in Patna serial blasts case
3 months, 4 weeks ago

HC converts death sentence of four to life imprisonment in Patna serial blasts case

The Hindu  

The Patna High Court on Wednesday converted the capital punishment awarded to four convicts in the 2013 serial blasts case to 30 years of imprisonment. A special NIA court had, in November 2021, pronounced the death sentence to all the four in the serial blasts case. Differing with the assessment of the trial court, we find that a sentence of fixed term of 30 years would suffice and would meet the ends of justice for all the offences in which death sentence has been imposed upon them,” Justice Ashutosh Kumar said. Six persons killed On 27, October 2013, a “Hunkar Rally” was organised by the BJP at Gandhi Maidan, Patna in which Narendra Modi, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, had to address the gathering.

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17 years after Mumbai train blasts still no prosecutor to hear appeals in HC
1 year, 4 months ago

17 years after Mumbai train blasts still no prosecutor to hear appeals in HC

The Hindu  

Even seventeen years after the train blasts in Mumbai, the Maharashtra government has not appointed a special public prosecutor to hear the appeals and confirmation cases. In 2015, the Maharashtra government moved the high court seeking confirmation of death sentence against four convicts. On Wednesday, a division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Rajesh Patil was informed that the State …

Ahmedabad serial blasts: Indian court sentences 38 out of 49 convicts to death in 2008 case
2 years, 10 months ago

Ahmedabad serial blasts: Indian court sentences 38 out of 49 convicts to death in 2008 case

The Independent  

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Serial blasts case: 38 awarded death sentence in Ahmedabad
2 years, 10 months ago

Serial blasts case: 38 awarded death sentence in Ahmedabad

The Hindu  

In what may be the first such instance in the country, a special court on Friday awarded the death penalty to as many as 38 convicts, and sentenced 11 others to life imprisonment until death, in a case related to the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts in which 56 persons were killed and over 200 left injured. In the over 7,000-page …

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 …

Judge who gave death penalty in 2008 Jaipur serial blast fears threat to life
4 years, 3 months ago

Judge who gave death penalty in 2008 Jaipur serial blast fears threat to life

Op India  

Retired Judge Ajay Kumar Sharma, who had given death sentence to the four terrorists convicted in the 2008 Jaipur serial blast case has written to DGP Bhupendra Singh saying that he fears his life is in danger. Quoting intelligence reports, the retired judge wrote that the terrorist groups to whom those 4 convicts belonged might be seeking to avenge their …

Khagragarh blast case: 6 to 10 years' jail terms for 19 convicts
5 years, 4 months ago

Khagragarh blast case: 6 to 10 years' jail terms for 19 convicts

India TV News  

A special NIA court here on Friday sentenced 19 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, to jail terms ranging from six to 10 years in the Khagragarh blast case. All the 19 convicts, out of a total 31 accused in the case, had admitted their guilt in the blast in a house at Khagragarh in Burdwan district of West Bengal on …

Rajasthan HC frees 6 lifers, upholds death penalty to one in Samleti bomb blast case
5 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan HC frees 6 lifers, upholds death penalty to one in Samleti bomb blast case

India TV News  

The Rajasthan High Court has acquitted six lifers while upholding the death sentence to one and the life term to another in the 23-year-old case of a bomb blast in a bus at Samleti in Dausa district, in which 14 people were killed. The six lifers who were freed on Monday by a Jaipur bench of the high court include …

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