Special Court condemned four people for accusing the planting of a bomb in the brick town of Jaipur 13. May 2008. File | Photo Credit: PTI
On Friday (April 4, 2025), the Special Court condemned four people for accusing the bomb planting, which was found unexploded, in the brick town of Jaipur 13. May 2008. Eight other serial explosions in various places in the city killed 71 people.
The live bomb detected near the Ramchandra Temple in Chandpole Bazaar, for which four people were kept, was disposed of before it could explode. Special judge Ramesh Kumar Joshi planned to hear about the quantum sentence for convicts on April 8.
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Four-Mohammed Saif, Saifur Rehman, Mohammed Sarwar Azmi, and Shahbaz Ahmed-Byly convicted according to various parts of the Indian Criminal Code, Act on Unlawful Activities and Explosives Act (ATS) (ATS) (ATS) (ATS).
Saif, Rehman and Azmi were previously sentenced to death in 2019 for eight serial explosions, but in 2023 they were liberated by the High Court in Rajasthan. Shahbaz Ahmed, accused of sending an e-mail that required responsibility for explosions on behalf of Indian Mujahideen, was previously exempt from a court court in 2019 for a shortage.
While Saif and Rehman were deposited in the central prison of Jaipur, Azmi and Shahbaz Ahmed during court proceedings were released on bail. The police took them into custody immediately after the court announced the conviction.
Maintained
A special judge left the judgment according to section 124-A (incentive) of IPC against convicts with regard to the instruction of the Supreme Court of 2022, which resides all awaiting court proceedings, appeals and proceedings with regard to the accusation framed in that section. The conviction was expressed according to other legal provisions.
The criminal prosecution presented 112 witnesses and about 1200 documents as evidence in court during court proceedings. Sagar Tiwari’s special prosecutor said the “hard and consistent work” of the team involving ATS officers and the prosecution lawyers led to the court’s approval and ensured the conviction of the accused.
According to the indictment of the ATS, there were nine bombs, including the one who was disgraced, attached to the wheels, contained ammonium nitrate with ball bearings and was connected to timing devices. They were full of metal chips or ball bearings to cause severe damage in overcrowded areas.
However, the Supreme Court’s divisional bench annulled the conviction and judgment of the death granted by a special court, observing that ATS had not shown any aspect of evidence and there was no basis for determining its conspiracy theory in which they were accused to participate. It seems that some evidence submitted against the accused also invented, the court said.
The High Court passed against the police and issued instructions for initiating the investigation against investigative officers. The court ruled that there was no evidence to prove accusations of traveling the accused between Delhi and Jaipur and buying the bombs on which the bombs were set.
Published – April 4 2025 22:42 is
