2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: 38 convicts get death sentence, life imprisonment until death for 11
On February 8, a Gujarat court convicted 49 accused and acquitted 28 others in the case
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Ahmedabad, February 18: Thirty-eight out of forty-nine convicts have been sentenced to death by a special court in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. The 11 other convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment until death.
Almost 80 accused were on trial. The terror attack had claimed 56 lives. Over 200 were injured in 21 bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad city within a span of 70 minutes on July 26, 2008. The police had claimed people associated with the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), a faction of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), were involved.
The trial in the case began in December 2009 against 78 people connected with the Indian Mujahideen after the court merged all 35 first information reports, or FIRs. The number of accused came down to 77 after one of them turned approver.
On February 8, a Gujarat court convicted 49 accused and acquitted 28 others in the case. The court had ended the trial in the 13-year-old case in September 2021.
The court had convicted the 49 accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Substances Act and Damage to Public Property Act. The Sections involved Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 121 (a) (conspiracy to wage war or attempt to wage war against the nation) and 124 (a) (sedition) and Section 16(1)(a)(b) of the UAPA pertaining to terrorist acts.
Almost 80 accused were on trial. The terror attack had claimed 56 lives. Over 200 were injured in 21 bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad city within a span of 70 minutes on July 26, 2008. The police had claimed people associated with the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), a faction of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), were involved.
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It was alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorists had planned and executed these explosions as a revenge for the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.
The trial in the case began in December 2009 against 78 people connected with the Indian Mujahideen after the court merged all 35 first information reports, or FIRs. The number of accused came down to 77 after one of them turned approver.
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