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 Prosecutor Sri Chand said the four persons were convicted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities Act and Explosives Act in eight cases registered by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Rajasthan police. The eight locations targeted in a series of nine synchronised bomb blasts are situated within a 2-km radius in the densely populated Walled City.

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Bomb hoax mailed to 55 schools on anniversary of Jaipur serial blasts
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Bomb hoax mailed to 55 schools on anniversary of Jaipur serial blasts

The Hindu  

Over 55 schools in Jaipur received bomb threats via email early on Monday morning. Responding police bomb disposal squads and sniffer dogs conducted searches of the schools, and students and staff members were swiftly evacuated and sent home. Several schools and hospitals in Delhi and several airports, including Jaipur, Ahmedabad, and Delhi, recently received similar threats, though no explosives were …

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 …

15 Years of Jaipur Blasts: BJP’s Poll Pitch Colours Disaster of Its Own Making
1 year, 7 months ago

15 Years of Jaipur Blasts: BJP’s Poll Pitch Colours Disaster of Its Own Making

The Quint  

At the end of March, the Rajasthan High Court acquitted all the accused, overturning a 2019 special court verdict that had awarded a death sentence to four men for conspiring and executing the blasts. Accusing the Gehlot government of deliberate inaction, the saffron party claims the Congress dispensation had failed to adequately argue the case which led to the overturning …

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 …

11th anniversary of 2011 Mumbai bombings: All you need to know about 13/7 blasts
2 years, 5 months ago

11th anniversary of 2011 Mumbai bombings: All you need to know about 13/7 blasts

Firstpost  

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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 …

2008 Ahmedabad Bomb Blasts: The attacks, investigations, and unravelling of Indian Mujahideen
2 years, 10 months ago

2008 Ahmedabad Bomb Blasts: The attacks, investigations, and unravelling of Indian Mujahideen

Op India  

On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, a special court in Gujarat convicted 49 of the 77 accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad bomb blast case. The terrorists targeted city buses in the Ahmedabad bomb blasts of 2008 to kill people in large numbers. Image Source: www.twenty22.in Two more severe blasts occurred in two hospitals in the city namely L. G. Hospital Maninagar …

Death sentence for 38 convicted in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case
2 years, 10 months ago

Death sentence for 38 convicted in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case

The Hindu  

A Special Court has today sentenced to death 38 of the 49 convicted in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts under provisions in the Unlawful Activities Act and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. On February 8, Judge Patel had convicted 49 out of the 78 under sections of the IPC, which included murder, sedition and waging war against …

2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blast Case: 38 Convicts Sentenced To Death
2 years, 10 months ago

2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blast Case: 38 Convicts Sentenced To Death

Live Law  

A special court on Friday sentenced 38 people to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case.As many as 56 people were killed in the blasts that rocked Gujarat's capital on July 26, 2008.The court sentenced 38 of the 49 convicts to death under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Act and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. A special …

The Ahmedabad serial blasts of 2008 | A recap
2 years, 10 months ago

The Ahmedabad serial blasts of 2008 | A recap

India Today  

A special court on Friday, February 18, pronounced 38 of the 49 accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case guilty and awarded death sentences to them. Here’s a recap of the incident: THE EXPLOSIONS The serial blasts in Ahmedabad were carried out on July 26, 2008, a day after the Bangalore blasts. The plan for the Ahmedabad attack started …

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 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 …

Indian court acquits all accused in razing of Babri mosque
4 years, 3 months ago

Indian court acquits all accused in razing of Babri mosque

The Independent  

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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 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 …

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 …

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  

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