Four terrorists have been convicted by the court in the live bomb case found near the Ramchandra temple in Chandpol during the serial bomb blast that took place about 17 years ago in Jaipur. Judge Ramesh Kumar Joshi in a special court of Jaipur bomb blast cases in case of planting a bomb plant
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The court has convicted Saifurrahman, Mohammad Saif, Mohammad Sarwar Azmi and Shahbaz Ahmed in the live bomb case. Among them, except Shahbaz, others were sentenced to death in the case of serial blast, but they were acquitted by the High Court. The state government’s appeal in the case of death sentence is pending in the Supreme Court.
On 13 May 2008, there were 8 serial blasts in Jaipur, near the guest house of Nauva Bomb Chandpol Bazaar. It was defused 15 minutes before the bomb exploded. The four terrorists have been convicted under 4 sections of the Indian Penal Code, two of the Unlwful Activity Prevention Act (UAPA), 3 sections of the Explosive Material Act. There is a provision of maximum life imprisonment in these sections.
The four accused were produced in court on Friday afternoon.
Shahbaz was on bail in the case. He reached court with his wife from Lucknow. After convicted, he was taken into custody.
The ATS arrested all these accused from jail on 25 December 2019 in the live bomb case. The ATS presented a supplementary charge sheet in the live bomb case. The ATS included three new witnesses. During the hearing, the ATS had recorded statements of a total of 112 witnesses including journalist Prashant Tandon, former ADG Arvind Kumar and Dinesh Mahawar, who tightened the bicycle.
There were 8 serial bomb blasts in Jaipur on 13 May 2008.
The accused had said- the police could not decide who placed the bicycle in front of the temple On behalf of the accused, advocate Minhajul Haq said- no witness’s statements were recorded on behalf of the defense. He said- The facts of this case and 8 cases of blast in the past are the same. On the basis of these similar facts, the High Court has acquitted the accused. Even in this case, the prosecution could not find out who had placed a bicycle in front of the temple.
71 people lost their lives in a series bomb blast.
Two accused were out on bail, two in jail Two of the four accused who have been convicted in the live bomb case, Saifurrahman and Mohammad Saif are lodged in Jaipur Central Jail. At the same time, Mohammad Sarwar Azmi and accused Shahbaz Ahmed were out on bail, who were taken into custody by the police after the court’s decision.
A team of police and lawyers associated with serial blast case. This team has been working on this case since 2019. This includes special PP Sagar Tiwari, ADP Shravan Kumar, Case Officer Anand Yadav, Sub Inspector Bajrang Lal, Constable Ramchandra and Constable Jaideep.
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