Bhopal: A sessions court on Tuesday upheld a 2010 verdict of a trial court in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy case while dismissing the CBI's petition seeking re-trial and enhancement of sentence awarded to former Union Carbide officials.
The revision petition seeking enhancement of sentence under the new section of 304-II of IPC, which provided for a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment, was rejected by the district and sessions court Judge Sushma Khosla.
The judge struck down the petition on the ground that the CBI should have approached the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) during the trial for enhancing the punishment, observing that the agency has not filed the application within the mandatory time limit.
The CBI had filed the revision petition after a hue and cry was raised after the trial court's June 7, 2010 order handing down two-year imprisonment to former non-executive chairman of Union Carbide Keshub Mahindra among others after finding them guilty under section 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC....
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