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 Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Rajasthan police. The eight locations targeted in the series of nine synchronised bomb blasts were the Manak Chowk police station, Badi Chaupad, Kotwali police station, Tripoliya Bazaar, Chandpole Hanuman temple, National Handloom in Johari Bazaar, Chhoti Chaupad and Sanganeri Gate Hanuman temple. Shahbaz, accused of sending the e-mail from a cyber cafe at Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh, was consistently referred to as the mastermind of serial blasts in Jaipur and elsewhere till the Batla House encounter took place.

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Sessions court acquits all 9 surviving accused in 2006 Nanded bomb blast case
4 days, 19 hours ago

Sessions court acquits all 9 surviving accused in 2006 Nanded bomb blast case

The Hindu  

A sessions court at Nanded in central Maharashtra on Saturday acquitted all nine surviving accused in a 2006 blast case. While the detailed order was not yet available, a Defence lawyer said the prosecution could not establish that the incident was a bomb blast. An explosion took place on the intervening night of April 4 and 5, 2006, at the …

2008 Jaipur Serial Bomb Blasts: Supreme Court Orders Release Of Acquitted Persons On Conditions, Stays HC Direction For Action Against Police
1 year, 7 months ago

2008 Jaipur Serial Bomb Blasts: Supreme Court Orders Release Of Acquitted Persons On Conditions, Stays HC Direction For Action Against Police

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the four persons, who were acquitted by the Rajasthan High Court in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts case, be released if their detention is not required in any other case. A Bench of Justices Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Rajesh Bindal, while refusing to pass an absolute stay on the High Court’s order, has …

Jaipur blasts: SC to hear on May 17 victims’ families against acquittal
1 year, 7 months ago

Jaipur blasts: SC to hear on May 17 victims’ families against acquittal

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court is scheduled on May 17 to hear an appeal filed by the relatives of 2008 Jaipur serial blasts’ victims against a Rajasthan High Court decision to acquit four men who were on death row. The Rajasthan government too has filed an appeal challenging the High Court verdict in the case. The High Court on March 29 had …

Fix accountability for Jaipur blasts order
1 year, 9 months ago

Fix accountability for Jaipur blasts order

Hindustan Times  

In the annals of terror jurisprudence in India, it is now commonplace for higher courts to reverse mechanical convictions pronounced by trial courts. Even by those standards, however, the acquittal of four people convicted for their role in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts and the negligence of the police is egregious — enough for the court to ask the police …

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 …

Shocking verdict: Human rights activists outraged by death sentence in Ahmedabad blasts case
2 years, 9 months ago

Shocking verdict: Human rights activists outraged by death sentence in Ahmedabad blasts case

The Hindu  

Gujarat witnessed the bloodiest and most brutal riots in recent history in 2002 in which more than 2,000 people were killed over a period of three months across the State. The death penalty verdict in the Ahmedabad blasts case has raised the hackles of human rights activists and Muslim community leaders in Gujarat. Verdicts such as these make one wonder …

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 …

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: Special court awards death sentence to 38 convicts
2 years, 10 months ago

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: Special court awards death sentence to 38 convicts

Live Mint  

A special court in Ahmedabad on Friday pronounced death sentence to 38 out of 49 convicts and 11 convicts have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The court had on February 8 convicted 49 people over the coordinated attacks that killed 56 people as shrapnel ripped through markets, buses and other public places in Ahmedabad. The court sentenced 38 of the …

Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings
2 years, 10 months ago

Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings

LA Times  

Nine men accused in a series of bombings in India are presented to the media in hoods in 2008. A court in India on Friday sentenced to death 38 people for a series of bombings in 2008 that left more than 50 dead and 200 wounded in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, which has a history of violent …

2008 Serial Blast Case: Gujarat Court to Pronounce Quantum of Sentence on Feb 18
2 years, 10 months ago

2008 Serial Blast Case: Gujarat Court to Pronounce Quantum of Sentence on Feb 18

News 18  

A special court on Tuesday said it will pronounce on February 18 the quantum of sentence against 49 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case. The arguments on the quantum of sentence concluded on Tuesday, and the court of special judge A R Patel has kept the matter of judgement for February 18, special public prosecutor Amit Patel …

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: Court to start hearing on quantum of sentence on Feb 11
2 years, 11 months ago

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: Court to start hearing on quantum of sentence on Feb 11

India TV News  

Highlights On Tuesday, the court had convicted 49 persons in the case Special judge AR Patel acquitted 28 accused, giving them the benefit of doubt The blasts had claimed 56 lives and left more than 200 injured A special court in Gujarat on Wednesday said it will begin hearing arguments on February 11 for deciding on the quantum of sentence …

2008 Ahmedabad bomb blasts: Gujarat court acquits 28 of the 77 accused, 49 Islamic terrorists convicted
2 years, 11 months ago

2008 Ahmedabad bomb blasts: Gujarat court acquits 28 of the 77 accused, 49 Islamic terrorists convicted

Op India  

On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, a special court in Gujarat acquitted 28 of the 77 accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case. #UPDATE | A total of 49 accused convicted and 28 acquitted in 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case.#Gujarat — ANI February 8, 2022 After a protracted trial that lasted almost 13 years in the 2008 serial …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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