49 convicted, 28 let off
2008 Ahemdabad serial blasts whivh claimed 56 lives
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Feb,09,2022/ wednesday 12:14 pm / (IST) posted By: Newsflixall.com
An Ahmedabad special court on Tuesday convicted 49 of the 77 accused persons in the 2008 serial blasts in the city that left 56 people dead and over 200 wounded; the remaining 28 were acquitted for want of adequate evidence. The trial had concluded in September 2021. The 49 accused were convicted under Section 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,
which deals with terrorism, and other provisions of the stringent act, as well as Indian Penal Code's Sections 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspir acy), special public prosecutor Amit Patel said. He said the prosecution had cited the incident as an act of terrorism, and as many as 547 charge sheets were filed and 1,163 witnesses es examined during the course of trial.
Delivering his verdict under strict security protocol in view of the sensitivity of the case, Judge A R Patel acquitted 28 accused persons giving them the benefit of the doubt. As many as 21 syn chronised blasts had rocked Ahmedabad in 2008. The hearing to decide the quantum of sentence will start from Wednesday, the court said. All the accused attended the court proceedings on Tuesday through video conferencing from different jails, CONTO. 0717
