2003 Mumbai Blasts

2003 blasts: Bombay HC upholds death penalty of 3

Mumbai: Eight years after the twin blasts that left 57 people dead at the Mumbai's Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar, the Bombay High Court upheld the death sentence of three LeT terrorists in 2003 twin Mumbai blasts case.

All the appeals filed by the accused have been dismissed by the court. The defence lawyer has said that they will appeal against the order in the Supreme Court. The three have eight weeks to challenge the verdict in the Supreme Court.

The court has said that accused number four and five who were discharged at the trial stage by the POTA Review Committee, should be tried under the IPC.

35-year-old Ashrat Ansari, 49-year-old Hanif Syed and his 46-year-old wife, Fehmida Syed were convicted by the special POTA court in 2009 for planting bombs in two taxis and were held guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Explosive Substances Act and the stringent Prevention of Terrorism Act....more

05:31 PM, Feb 10, 2012

HC verdict in 2003 Mumbai twin blasts likely

by Press Trust of India

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce on Friday its verdict on confirmation of death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case. A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and P D Kode had on November 12, 2011 reserved its judgement in the case. Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (43) were...

02:52 PM, Feb 10, 2012

2003 bomb blasts: Bombay HC defers verdict

by CNN-IBN

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday deferred its verdict on confirmation of death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case that claimed 52 lives. The judgement is likely to be pronounced either next week or in the first week of January when court resumes after vacation, Justice A M Khanwilkar said. Khanwilkar said in his chamber that since fellow judge...

03:21 PM, Dec 12, 2011

HC verdict in 2003 Mumbai blasts on December 12

by Press Trust of India

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will on December 12 pronounce its judgement on confirmation of death sentence awarded to three LeT activists in the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts that claimed 52 lives. The arguments concluded at a special hearing by a division bench of Justices AM Khanvilkar and PD Kode on Saturday after which the court reserved its verdict. Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida...

08:54 PM, Nov 12, 2011