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January - 12 
The Supreme Court on January 12 upheld the death sentence awarded to Mohammed Afzal, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case, according to Hindustan Times. A four-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal dismissed Afzal’s curative petition where he pleaded that his conviction and sent
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The Supreme Court on January 12 upheld the death sentence awarded to Mohammed Afzal, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case, according to Hindustan Times. A four-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal dismissed Afzal’s curative petition where he pleaded that his conviction and sentence be set aside as he did not get a fair trial. Afzal’s mercy petition is pending before the president. The same bench also dismissed the curative petition of Shaukat Hussain Guru, sentenced to 10-years in jail in the same case.
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January - 18 
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Alipurduar remanded Gopal Rabha alias Jagadish, ‘commander of the third battalion’ of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), to police custody for 11 days, reports Telegraph. Rabha was reportedly involved in the October 15, 2006-bomb blast at Ba
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The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Alipurduar remanded Gopal Rabha alias Jagadish, ‘commander of the third battalion’ of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), to police custody for 11 days, reports Telegraph. Rabha was reportedly involved in the October 15, 2006-bomb blast at Barobhisa town under Alipurduar subdivision in the Jaipalguri district, and was arrested from Guwahati in Assam on January 16-night.
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January - 26 
The Delhi High Court is reported to have asked the Union Government to expedite identification of Bangladeshi migrants and to ensure they are not included in the electoral roll of the national capital, according to Press Trust of India. The court also issued notice to the Foreigners Regional Registr
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The Delhi High Court is reported to have asked the Union Government to expedite identification of Bangladeshi migrants and to ensure they are not included in the electoral roll of the national capital, according to Press Trust of India. The court also issued notice to the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer to file its response by March 26 on a pending petition alleging that over five lakh illegal migrants, particularly Bangladeshis, have been included in the voters list of various constituencies in the capital.
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February - 15 
On February 15, the Supreme Court described the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) as a "secessionist movement". A bench of Justice S. B. Sinha and Markandeya Katju observed while dealing with the Special Leave Petition filed by the SIMI challenging the ban imposed on it, "You are
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On February 15, the Supreme Court described the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) as a "secessionist movement". A bench of Justice S. B. Sinha and Markandeya Katju observed while dealing with the Special Leave Petition filed by the SIMI challenging the ban imposed on it, "You are a secessionist movement. You have not stopped your activities." The Bench refused to agree with the submissions put forth by Kamini Jaiswal, counsel for the SIMI, that there was no evidence to link SIMI to any anti-national activity after 2003. In the petition, the SIMI had challenged the judgment of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Tribunal headed by Justice B. N. Chaturvedi of the Delhi High Court, which confirmed the ban imposed on the organisation by the Union Government on February 8, 2006.
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February - 15 
The prosecution on February 15 completed arguments on the quantum of sentence in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case and pleaded for death sentence for the 44 convicted persons, reports The Hindu. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) prosecutor, N. Natarajan, however, submitted that Rubina
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The prosecution on February 15 completed arguments on the quantum of sentence in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case and pleaded for death sentence for the 44 convicted persons, reports The Hindu. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) prosecutor, N. Natarajan, however, submitted that Rubina Memon, Somnath Thapa and Imitiaz Gawte, be spared of death sentence as Thapa and Gawte were ill and Rubina was a woman. Maximum punishment for the rest of the accused was sought after dividing them into three groups, as per the sections under which they were found guilty. The 44 were found guilty under 120-b (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code or Section 3 (2) (i) (terrorist act resulting in death) of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. The second group includes accused convicted under Section 3(3) (terrorist activities not resulting in death) of the TADA Act and face a maximum of life imprisonment. The third group comprises accused facing conviction under the Arms Act and Customs Act. Those who face death sentence include three brothers of prime accused Tiger Memon — Yakub, Essa and Yusuf, as well as Mohammed Shoaib Ghansar, Asgar Yusuf Mukadam, Shahnawaz Qureshi, Abdul Gani Ismail Turk, Parvez Nazir Shaikh, Mohammed Iqbal Shaikh, Nasim Bharmare, Mustaq Tarani, Mohammed Farooq Pawale, Bashir Ahmed Usman Gani, Zakir Hussain Noor, Abdul Akhtar Khan, Firoze Amani Malik, Sakim Rahim Shaikh and Moin Qureshi and Eijaz Pathan. The court fixed February 23 for statement by defence counsel on the quantum of sentence.
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March - 6 
On March 6, 68 persons convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case by the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court submitted an application to seek a retrial. According to The Hindu, the accused said that they should have been tried under provisions of the Indian Penal C
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On March 6, 68 persons convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case by the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court submitted an application to seek a retrial. According to The Hindu, the accused said that they should have been tried under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Arms Act, but not TADA. A total of 100 accused were convicted in the trial, a majority of them under the provisions of the TADA. The court will consider the application on March 12. Earlier, 69 convicts had filed an application seeking their discharge from the TADA charges.
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March - 14 
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on March 14 asked all 123 accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case to remain present in court on April 19, reports Daily News & Analysis. Judge Kode also directed the accused not to file any new applications. He added that th
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The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on March 14 asked all 123 accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case to remain present in court on April 19, reports Daily News & Analysis. Judge Kode also directed the accused not to file any new applications. He added that the order on the two intervention applications and nine applications filed by the accused demanding a retrial, seeking parity with actor Sanjay Dutt and urging the court to release them will be pronounced on April 16. The court is likely to proceed by announcing the punishment in batches.
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April - 16 
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court hearing the 1993 Mumbai blasts case on April 16 indicated that the sentencing of the 100 convicts, including film actor Sanjay Dutt, will not begin this month. Special Judge Pramod Kode deferred the decision on the application fil
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The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court hearing the 1993 Mumbai blasts case on April 16 indicated that the sentencing of the 100 convicts, including film actor Sanjay Dutt, will not begin this month. Special Judge Pramod Kode deferred the decision on the application filed by 68 accused seeking 'parity' with Sanjay and quashing of TADA charges under which they were convicted till May 9. Therefore, it is unlikely that court would start pronouncement of sentences on April 19 - as was earlier assumed, The Hindu reports.
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April - 16 
Times of India reports that a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in Mumbai will begin trial of arrested gangster Abu Salem on April 24. The court on April 16 had framed charges against Salem in the murder of builder Pradeep Jain. Salem, a former confidant of Pa
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Times of India reports that a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in Mumbai will begin trial of arrested gangster Abu Salem on April 24. The court on April 16 had framed charges against Salem in the murder of builder Pradeep Jain. Salem, a former confidant of Pakistan-based fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, was extradited from Portugal in November 2005.
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April - 19 
On April 19, a fast track court in the Dhoraji district of Gujarat sentenced Shahid Haji Ghani, an agent of the Pakistani external intelligence Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Times of India reports that Ghani, an imitation jewellery trader, had been arrested on the charges of spying on September
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On April 19, a fast track court in the Dhoraji district of Gujarat sentenced Shahid Haji Ghani, an agent of the Pakistani external intelligence Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Times of India reports that Ghani, an imitation jewellery trader, had been arrested on the charges of spying on September 3, 2002. Police had seized secret documents and 24 photographs of the Indian Air Force base in Jamnagar, navy base and Surajbari bridge from him. Ghani was convicted under Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act by Judge M. G. Baraiya.
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May - 1 
A court in the national capital New Delhi on May 1 sentenced an agent of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), described by the police as the biggest supplier of explosives and fake currency into the country, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment, reports Times of India. The accused, Kamran G
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A court in the national capital New Delhi on May 1 sentenced an agent of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), described by the police as the biggest supplier of explosives and fake currency into the country, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment, reports Times of India. The accused, Kamran Gohar, a resident of Lahore, was sentenced along with his eight aides who helped him establish his network in the country. Kamran, who had perfected the art of manufacturing toy bombs, was arrested by the Delhi Police from Karol Bagh in January 2004. Hundreds of toys were seized from him in which timers and detonators were found. The eight others who have been sentenced are Kamran's wife, Mumtaz Parveen, Irshad, Madhubala, Harjesh Narain, Trilok Bansal, Ajay Kumar Singh, Raju Bhasin and Gajender Singh. Mumtaz is of Indian origin and but had later migrated to Pakistan.
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May - 4 
Statesman reports that three Nepalese citizens with links to the Pakistani external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), were sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by a court in Delhi on May 4. The three persons, identified as Ibarhim, Bilal Ahmad and Inamul Haq, had
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Statesman reports that three Nepalese citizens with links to the Pakistani external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), were sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by a court in Delhi on May 4. The three persons, identified as Ibarhim, Bilal Ahmad and Inamul Haq, had been arrested on January 25, 2004, while receiving a large consignment of surgical instruments from a Pakistani ISI agent Saifulla alias Salim at the New Delhi railway station. Three grenades, two detonators, four electric timers and three kilograms of explosives had also been recovered from their possession. During investigations, the trio had confessed that they were planning to use these for terrorist activities. The Court also fined them INR 17,000 each.
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May - 7 
On May 7, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court conducting trial of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts has summoned all the 23 persons who have been found not guilty to appear before it on May 9, reports Hindustan Times. Judge Pramod Kode, who presides over the special cou
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On May 7, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court conducting trial of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts has summoned all the 23 persons who have been found not guilty to appear before it on May 9, reports Hindustan Times. Judge Pramod Kode, who presides over the special court, asked defence lawyers Farhana Shah and Subhash Kanse to inform all the persons to remain present. A total of 100 people were found guilty on various charges such as planting bombs, conspiring and helping conduct the blasts. Shah told NDTV, "It will take more than 7-8 days or more to complete the quantum of sentences."
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May - 9 
The process of pronouncing sentences on the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case will commence from May 9 (today), reports Zee News. All 123 persons who faced the trial have been asked to remain present before the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court Judge P. D
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The process of pronouncing sentences on the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case will commence from May 9 (today), reports Zee News. All 123 persons who faced the trial have been asked to remain present before the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court Judge P. D. Kode. Among the 123 are 23 persons who have been acquitted. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the prosecuting agency in the case, has demanded death penalty for 44 convicts who were found guilty under section 120B of IPC (criminal conspiracy) and TADA charges, life imprisonment for 42 who have been convicted under TADA, and maximum punishment for nine others who have been convicted under other acts like the Customs Act and Arms Act. It has also urged the court to show leniency to three women convicts on compassionate grounds and two male convicts who are suffering from life-threatening ailments.
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May - 16 
The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court would go through the report of the probation officers before deciding on applications filed under the Probation of Offenders Act (POA) and subsequently the sentence to be awarded to some of the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai
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The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court would go through the report of the probation officers before deciding on applications filed under the Probation of Offenders Act (POA) and subsequently the sentence to be awarded to some of the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports Indian Express. Special Judge P. D. Kode said he would call for reports from the probation officers with respect to some of the convicts. He, however, did not disclose the names of the probation officers or those of the accused whose reports he would be calling for. Of the 100 convicted in the case, 75 have applied for release under POA. The sentencing starts from May 18.
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May - 18 
On May 18, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced five persons, Yashwant Bhoinkar, Abbas Dawood Shekhdare, Shahajahan Ibrahim Shekhdare, Rashid Alware and Sharif Khan Abbas Adhikari, who smuggled a contraband of explosives, to three-year rigorous imprisonment
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On May 18, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced five persons, Yashwant Bhoinkar, Abbas Dawood Shekhdare, Shahajahan Ibrahim Shekhdare, Rashid Alware and Sharif Khan Abbas Adhikari, who smuggled a contraband of explosives, to three-year rigorous imprisonment and fined INR 25,000 each, in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. In default, they will have to undergo another six-month imprisonment. The court found them guilty under Section 111 read with 135 (b) of the Customs Act. Two of the sentenced, Alware and Adhikari, have already undergone imprisonment for more than three years during trial and they will be released on payment of the fine. Later, defence counsel Subhash Kanse made an application on behalf of Alware and Adhikari for a smaller fine as they had served nearly three months more than the awarded sentence. This plea was accepted by Judge P. D. Kode. The judge also ordered a show-cause notice to owners of the trawlers, used to ferry the contraband from the high seas to Shekhadi in Raigad district, asking them why the boats should not be seized.
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May - 21 
Mansoor Ahmed, who went with gangster Abu Salem to film actor Sanjay Dutt's place in Mumbai for delivery of rifles, was awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 50,000 by the court.
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Mansoor Ahmed, who went with gangster Abu Salem to film actor Sanjay Dutt's place in Mumbai for delivery of rifles, was awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 50,000 by the court.
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May - 21 
The Hindu reports that the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on May 21, passing judgment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, sentenced four former police personnel, Ashok Munneshwar, P.M. Mahadik, R.D. Mali and S.V. Palshikar, who let a contraband of explosive subs
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The Hindu reports that the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on May 21, passing judgment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, sentenced four former police personnel, Ashok Munneshwar, P.M. Mahadik, R.D. Mali and S.V. Palshikar, who let a contraband of explosive substances, arms and ammunition, used in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, pass through a check-post in January 1993 in return for a bribe of INR 700,000 to six-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 25,000 each.
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May - 22 
On May 22, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced to life a former Sub-Inspector of Police, V.K. Patil, according to Hindu. Patil who was in charge of the police party that allowed smuggling of weapons into the country after taking a bribe was also fined INR
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On May 22, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced to life a former Sub-Inspector of Police, V.K. Patil, according to Hindu. Patil who was in charge of the police party that allowed smuggling of weapons into the country after taking a bribe was also fined INR 200000. Special Judge P.D. Kode said Patil's act of allowing the truck that contained weapons to pass through for a bribe of INR 700000 on January 9, 1993, did not deserve any leniency. "Patil had set a heinous example in front of his subordinates" when he asked for a bribe. The court also sentenced six persons, who underwent weapons training in Pakistan but did not participate in the actual conspiracy, to six-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR 30,000 each.
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May - 23 
On May 23, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced 84-year-old Abdul Aziz Gharatkar to six years' rigorous imprisonment for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. Times of India reports that Gharatkar is also the first to be punished among those who
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On May 23, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced 84-year-old Abdul Aziz Gharatkar to six years' rigorous imprisonment for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. Times of India reports that Gharatkar is also the first to be punished among those who helped in the Shekhadi landing of RDX which went into the making of the bombs which were set off across Mumbai. Tulshiram Dhondu Surve, employed as a watchman at the Wangani Microwave tower, was sentenced to nine years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and was asked to pay a fine of INR 55,000 on two counts of abetting a terrorist act, one under TADA, and the other for intentional omission in giving information about the offence under Indian Penal Code. Uttam Potdar was sentenced to ten years' RI for his role as the landing agent in the Dighi operations of January 9, 1993, where no RDX landed. Potdar was also sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment as enhanced punishment under section 6 of TADA and was also fined INR 150,000. Both terms will run concurrently. Mohammed Kasim Lajpuria alias Mechanic Chacha, a 62-year-old aide of one of the prime absconding accused Mohammed Dossa, was given ten years' for his role as an operational landing agent. Sajjad Alam, a rickshaw driver who helped in the landing at Shekhadi and also ferried some arms and ammunition to key convict Tiger Memon, was awarded seven years in jail and a fine of INR 50,000.
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May - 24 
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on May 24 awarded different jail terms to six accused who played a part in the landing and transporting of arms, ammunition and explosives used in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Judge P.D. Kode sentenced
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The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on May 24 awarded different jail terms to six accused who played a part in the landing and transporting of arms, ammunition and explosives used in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Judge P.D. Kode sentenced 75-year-old Sharif Abdul Gafoor Parkar to 14-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of INR 300,000 under Section 3(3) (aiding and abetting a terrorist act) and Section 6 (enhancement of the punishment) of the TADA. The court held Parkar guilty of association with prime convict Tiger Memon, showing him places for weapons training and for organising a meeting in Hotel Big Splash between Tiger Memon and customs officials. His son Mujeeb Parkar too was sentenced under Section 3(3) of TADA and given a minimum sentence of five years and a fine of INR 25,000. The judge sentenced Suleman Ghavte and Sayed Rehman Abdul Sheikh, two drivers from Mumbai who transported the contraband, to seven-years’ RI and a fine of INR 25,000 for "furthering the acts of conspiracy" under Section 3(3) of TADA. Sarfaraz Phanse, son of Dawood Phanse, one of the main accused in the case, was sentenced to nine years’ RI and a fine of INR 25, 000 under Section 3(3) of TADA for carrying out the landing operation in "supervisory capacity”. Another associate of Tiger Memon, Raju Jain, was sentenced to seven years’ RI and a fine of INR 100,000 for assisting the conspirators with vehicles and manpower under Section 3(3) of TADA. The court held him guilty for purchasing jeeps and a scooter in the name of fictitious persons and transporting arms and ammunition.
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May - 25 
A father-son duo was also sentenced to prison. While Issaq, aged 78, got seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) and was fined INR 70,000, his son, Sikander, was sentenced to five years’ RI and fined INR 10,000. Issaq was found guilty of conspiracy, aiding and abetting terrorist activities and destr
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A father-son duo was also sentenced to prison. While Issaq, aged 78, got seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) and was fined INR 70,000, his son, Sikander, was sentenced to five years’ RI and fined INR 10,000. Issaq was found guilty of conspiracy, aiding and abetting terrorist activities and destroying evidence. Sikander was found guilty of using hand grenades and arms as part of a weapons training programme which he had organised at Sandheri. Among the others who were also sentenced was Shahnawaz Hajwani, who got five years’ RI and was fined INR 10,000; Janardhan Gambhas, a labourer, who got three years’ RI under the Customs Act and a fine of INR 25,000; Faki Ali Subedar and Abdulla Surti, who got five years’ RI for aiding and abetting a terrorist act and were ordered to pay a fine of INR 25,000 each for concealment of arms and ammunition; Sayed Ibrahim Kadri, who was sentenced to five years’ RI.
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May - 25 
On May 25, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced Shahid Nizammudin Qureshi, a close associate of prime convict Tiger Memon, to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. He was found guilty under Section 3(3) of TADA for aiding and abe
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On May 25, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced Shahid Nizammudin Qureshi, a close associate of prime convict Tiger Memon, to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. He was found guilty under Section 3(3) of TADA for aiding and abetting terrorist activities on two counts — participating in the Shekhadi landings and transportation, and visiting Dubai with the intention of going to Pakistan for training. Qureshi was also ordered to pay a fine of INR 25,000, failing which he has to serve six months in prison.
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May - 29 
On May 29, investigators in the May 18 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case in Hyderabad said that Shoaib Jagirdar, arrested from Jalna in Maharashtra for supplying RDX to the bombers, has confessed to delivering the explosives. Indian Express, quoting unidentified officials, said that Jagirdar was a link i
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On May 29, investigators in the May 18 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case in Hyderabad said that Shoaib Jagirdar, arrested from Jalna in Maharashtra for supplying RDX to the bombers, has confessed to delivering the explosives. Indian Express, quoting unidentified officials, said that Jagirdar was a link in a "much longer" supply chain and that the explosives were originally smuggled over the Pakistan or Bangladesh borders. Jagirdar reportedly told the police that he had obtained about 1.5 kilograms of the explosive, of which he gave a part to the persons involved in the attack. Police officials also said Jagirdar may not have had any direct links with the bombing. Jagirdar has been remanded to judicial custody by a Hyderabad Court.
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May - 29 
The Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on May 29 sentenced seven persons convicted for their role in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, reports The Hindu. Zameer Sayyed Ismail Kadri, an associate of absconding accused Mohammed Dossa, was sentenced to life imprisonment and also
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The Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on May 29 sentenced seven persons convicted for their role in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, reports The Hindu. Zameer Sayyed Ismail Kadri, an associate of absconding accused Mohammed Dossa, was sentenced to life imprisonment and also directed to pay a fine of INR 125000 by the court. Judge P. D. Kode observed that he had close connections with Dossa and was involved in facilitating in the landing of arms and ammunition at the Dighi Coast on January 9, 1993. The court held that no leniency deserved to be shown to Kadri since he tried to conceal the weapons much after the blasts and was absconding after a proclamation notice was issued against him. Former Assistant Commissioner of Customs at Alibaug, R. K. Singh, was sentenced to nine years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and told to pay a fine of INR 300,000 for allowing the landing of explosives and arms at the Dighi and Shekhadi Coasts after accepting a bribe. Former customs officer Sudhanwa Talavdekar, who was superintendent at Alibaug, was sentenced to eight-year RI and a fine of INR 200,000. The judge said Talavdekar’s conversation with the main accused on the nature of the goods in the contraband "made a mockery of the law and order system." The former customs superintendent Sultan Sayyad was sentenced to seven-year RI and a fine of INR 100,000, and the former customs inspector Jaywant Gurav was sentenced to eight- year RI and a fine of INR 100,000. Ehsaan Mohammad Qureshi and Ayub Ibrahim Qureshi, found guilty of illegal possession of arms and ammunition, were sentenced to five-year RI and a fine of INR 25,000 each. While Ehsaan was absolved of the conspiracy charge, Ayub was convicted under Sections 3 (3) and 5 of the TADA Act and under the Arms Act. An illegal weapon was recovered from them, but only in April 1993, long after the serial blasts. Hence they were awarded the minimum sentence under the Arms Act. So far, the court has pronounced sentence on 43 of the 100 persons convicted in the case.
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May - 30 
Accepting the defence’s argument, the court restricted to five-year RI the sentence to Salim Durrani, who had provided shelter to some accused persons after the blasts. He was also fined INR 25,000. Out of a total of 100 accused persons, 51 have been awarded sentences.
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Accepting the defence’s argument, the court restricted to five-year RI the sentence to Salim Durrani, who had provided shelter to some accused persons after the blasts. He was also fined INR 25,000. Out of a total of 100 accused persons, 51 have been awarded sentences.
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May - 30 
On May 30, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced Dawood Phanse, one of the main conspirators in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, to life imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000, reports The Hindu. 83-year-old Phanse was found guilty of participating, along
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On May 30, the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced Dawood Phanse, one of the main conspirators in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, to life imprisonment and a fine of INR 200,000, reports The Hindu. 83-year-old Phanse was found guilty of participating, along with absconding gangsters Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon, in a crucial January 1993 Dubai meeting, at which the blasts were planned. Special judge P. D. Kode said Phanse was found guilty of the larger conspiracy charge, for which the minimum punishment is life sentence and the maximum, death penalty. Considering his age, Phanse was reportedly not awarded the death penalty.
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May - 30 
The court sentenced three more accused in connection with the Shekhadi landing and storage and transportation of the contraband. Muzammil Kadri was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of INR 125,000 on various counts under Section 3 (3) of the TADA and under the Arms Act. He was also found gui
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The court sentenced three more accused in connection with the Shekhadi landing and storage and transportation of the contraband. Muzammil Kadri was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of INR 125,000 on various counts under Section 3 (3) of the TADA and under the Arms Act. He was also found guilty of possessing 13 Ak-56 rifles. Khalil Ahmed Sayyed Nasir of Raigad was sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of INR 125,000 for participating in the landing of the contraband and bribing police officials to let the arms and explosives pass. Liyaqat Ali Habib Khan was found guilty of using his father's godown for storing the smuggled goods. He was sentenced to five-year RI and a fine of INR 25,000. Mohammad Dawood Mohammad Khan and Mohammad Yusuf Botomia, found guilty for illegal possession of weapons, were sentenced to six-year RI and a fine of INR 50,000 each. Another convict Aziz Ahmed Shaikh was sentenced to five-year RI and a fine of INR 25,000.
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May - 31 
On May 31, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced seven persons to jail terms ranging from five years rigorous imprisonment to life, for their respective roles in landing of arms and ammunition, transportation, illegal possession of weapons and con
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On May 31, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced seven persons to jail terms ranging from five years rigorous imprisonment to life, for their respective roles in landing of arms and ammunition, transportation, illegal possession of weapons and conspiracy in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports Press Trust of India. The court sentenced Naseer Dhakla, who obtained weapons training in Pakistan and was involved in the conspiracy throughout, to life imprisonment and directed him to pay a fine of INR 50,000. Dhakla was also involved in preparation of vehicle bombs prior to the blasts on March 12, 1993. Ashrafur Rehman, from whom 85 hand grenades, 350 detonators and over 3,000 cartridges were recovered, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for life and directed to pay a fine of INR 200,000. Yusuf Khan who was involved in the landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi and its transportation to Mumbai in February 1993 was given five years RI and asked to deposit a fine of INR 25,000. Prime conspirator and absconding accused Tiger Memon's driver, Mohammed Rafiq Biyariwala, who was also involved in the Shekhadi landing and transportation of the contraband to Mumbai, was given seven years RI and a fine of 75,000. Shahnawaz Khan, one of the conspirators, who went to Dubai but did not attend weapons training in Pakistan prior to the blasts and was also involved in the Shekhadi landing was sentenced to 10 years RI and asked to deposit a fine of INR 50,000. The court also sentenced Ayub Patel and Asif Sheikh to 10 years and eight years' RI respectively for illegal possession of hand-grenades.
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June - 1 
On June 1, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced thee convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports Indian Express. Special Judge P D Kode sentenced Niyaz Shaikh to life imprisonment for being part of the conspiracy behind the blasts. “H
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On June 1, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court sentenced thee convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports Indian Express. Special Judge P D Kode sentenced Niyaz Shaikh to life imprisonment for being part of the conspiracy behind the blasts. “He was part of the conspiracy till the end. But having regard to the fact that he did not commit the terrorist act (bombings), he has been sentenced for life,” said Judge Kode. Separately, Farooq Motorwala, convicted for initiating one of the approvers of the case into training of arms and ammunition and sent him to Pakistan, was sentenced for 13 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined INR 25,000. Shaikh Mohammed Ehtesham, who was charged with being part of the landing of arms and ammunition in Raigad, was sentenced to 10 years RI and fined INR 50,000. Ghulam Hafiz Shaikh, who was convicted for participating in the landing and transportation of arms and ammunition from Raigad to Mumbai, was sentenced to eight years RI and fined INR 25,000.
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June - 1 
The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 1 sentenced film producer Samir Hingora to nine years' rigorous imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 1 sentenced film producer Samir Hingora to nine years' rigorous imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
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June - 5 
Blasts mastermind Tiger Memon’s bodyguard Manoj Gupta was given 14 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of INR 275,000. Noor Mohammed Khan who stored RDX in his premises at Kashimira on the outskirts of Mumbai was given five years RI and INR 150,000 fine. Travel agent Altaf Ali Sayyed was
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Blasts mastermind Tiger Memon’s bodyguard Manoj Gupta was given 14 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of INR 275,000. Noor Mohammed Khan who stored RDX in his premises at Kashimira on the outskirts of Mumbai was given five years RI and INR 150,000 fine. Travel agent Altaf Ali Sayyed was handed a ten-years RI with a fine of INR 250,000 for possessing two suitcases containing 85 and 100 hand grenades with detonators. With this, 68 of the 100 people convicted have been awarded sentences by the TADA court.
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June - 5 
The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 5 sentenced two conspirators in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case to life sentences and three others to jail terms ranging from five years to 14 years, reports Hindustan Times. Special Judge P D Kode awarded li
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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 5 sentenced two conspirators in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case to life sentences and three others to jail terms ranging from five years to 14 years, reports Hindustan Times. Special Judge P D Kode awarded life sentence and a fine of INR 50,000 to Pervez Qureshi, who he said was involved "in the conspiracy till early hours of March 12, 1993 but backed out at the last moment". Qureshi was also involved in landing RDX and arms on the Shekhadi coast and he went to Pakistan for arms training. The other convict given a life term was Salim Mirza Shaikh alias Salim Kutta, who was also ordered to pay a fine of INR 200,000. He was mainly involved in landing arms and ammunition at Dighi. Though Salim was not involved in the actual bombings that claimed 257 lives, he was aware of what was being smuggled into Dighi and was given a life sentence for being party to the conspiracy.
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June - 6 
Sardar Shahwali Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment for "conspiracy until the final moment". He was held guilty under Section 120-b (criminal conspiracy) and Section 3 (3) of TADA for committing preparatory acts for a terrorist act. The court also sentenced 54-year-old financier Moolchand Shah
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Sardar Shahwali Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment for "conspiracy until the final moment". He was held guilty under Section 120-b (criminal conspiracy) and Section 3 (3) of TADA for committing preparatory acts for a terrorist act. The court also sentenced 54-year-old financier Moolchand Shah, who operated a hawala (illegal money transfer) account for prime convict Tiger Memon to five years' RI and INR 500,000.
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June - 6 
Times of India reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 6 sentenced Ibrahim alias Baba Moosa Chauhan to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of INR 277000 in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Ibrahim had visited cinema actor S
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Times of India reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 6 sentenced Ibrahim alias Baba Moosa Chauhan to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of INR 277000 in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Ibrahim had visited cinema actor Sanjay Dutt’s residence at Bandra to deliver AK-56 rifles. Judge P. D. Kode had held Chauhan guilty of six charges, including charges under the TADA for delivering, at the instance of gangster Anees Ibrahim Kaskar, AK-56 rifles to Sanjay Dutt and another accused Sameer Kurla, who was later shot dead. Chauhan was also held guilty for possession of an AK-56, 10 magazines and 25 hand grenades, under TADA as well as under the Arms Act, Explosive Substances Act and Explosives Act.
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June - 7 
A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative held near the Bangladesh border in April was shown as arrested by police in Hyderabad in connection with the May 18 bomb blast in the city’s Mecca Masjid, reports Deccan Herald. Nayeem alias Sameer was earlier in the custody of Mumbai police and was brough
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A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative held near the Bangladesh border in April was shown as arrested by police in Hyderabad in connection with the May 18 bomb blast in the city’s Mecca Masjid, reports Deccan Herald. Nayeem alias Sameer was earlier in the custody of Mumbai police and was brought here on a transit warrant. He was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. Sameer was one of four suspected LeT cadres held by the Border Security Force (BSF) near the Bangladesh border in April while they were trying to sneak into West Bengal. Later, he was handed over to Mumbai Police for his alleged involvement in bomb attacks on local trains. During a narco-analysis test, Sameer reportedly told Mumbai Police that he had transported RDX to Hyderabad, officials sources said. This was the second arrest by the Special Investigation Cell of city police which is probing the bomb blast. Earlier on May 25, police arrested Shoaib Jagirdar, a close associate of Sameer, from Jalna in Maharashtra. He is now in judicial remand.
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June - 7 
The designated Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 7 sentenced two more accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports The Hindu. Sheikh Ali Sheikh Umar, involved in the conspiracy at all stages, was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Ejaz Pathan, who r
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The designated Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 7 sentenced two more accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports The Hindu. Sheikh Ali Sheikh Umar, involved in the conspiracy at all stages, was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Ejaz Pathan, who recruited people for execution of the conspiracy, was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of Rs.225,000. Umar was one of the occupants of the van which contained arms and was abandoned at Worli on March 12, 1993, the day of the blasts. The van had proved crucial for investigators, who then began unearthing the entire conspiracy. On the other hand, Ejaz Pathan’s health condition prompted TADA judge, P D Kode, to go easy on his sentence, though Pathan had been absconding for about 10 years and was an undertrial only after he was deported from Dubai in February 2003. Pathan has already spent four years in jail. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam later said the sentence was way too little and the Central Bureau of Investigation would appeal to the Supreme Court for an enhancement of the sentence.
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June - 15 
The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 15 sentenced convict Salim Shaikh to two concurrent life sentences for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The court also directed him to pay a fine of INR 140,000. Shaikh was convicted for being pre
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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on June 15 sentenced convict Salim Shaikh to two concurrent life sentences for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The court also directed him to pay a fine of INR 140,000. Shaikh was convicted for being present at Tiger Memon's residence when the RDX was filled in vehicles that were used in the serial blasts on March 12, 1993. Additionally, Shaikh was convicted on charges of driving three other persons who threw hand grenades at the Mahim Fishermen's Colony killing three persons and injuring six and also for possessing a pistol illegally.
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June - 15 
Two women, Mubina Bhiwandiwala and Zebunissa Qazi, were sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for their complicity in the blasts. They were also fined INR 25,000 and INR 100,000 respectively. Pronouncing sentences, the TADA court judge, P. D. Kode, said Mubina, adopted sister of the abs
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Two women, Mubina Bhiwandiwala and Zebunissa Qazi, were sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for their complicity in the blasts. They were also fined INR 25,000 and INR 100,000 respectively. Pronouncing sentences, the TADA court judge, P. D. Kode, said Mubina, adopted sister of the absconding mastermind Tiger Memon, had allowed a crucial meeting of conspirators in her house for which she was paid. Zebunnisa, who concealed weapons in her homes that were sent by Hindi cinema actor Sanjay Dutt, was sentenced under section 3(3) of the TADA. The judge observed that although she looked after the AK 56 rifles, ammunition and some hand grenades, the real possessors of the weapons were Manzoor Ali Sayyed and Abu Salem who had been handling the distribution of the firearms on behalf of Anees Ibrahim Kaskar, another absconding accused.
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June - 16 
An agent of Pakistan's external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested in Hyderabad by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) which is assisting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its probe into the May 18 Mecca Masjid bomb blast in the city, reports Times of
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An agent of Pakistan's external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested in Hyderabad by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) which is assisting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its probe into the May 18 Mecca Masjid bomb blast in the city, reports Times of India. Mohammed Abdul Sattar, a 27-year-old airconditioner mechanic, was picked up on June 15 from near Secunderabad railway station while moving under suspicious circumstances with a travelling bag. He reportedly confessed that he had received arms training in Pakistan in 2004 along with other ISI activists under the leadership of Shaheed, a key suspect in the Hyderabad blast. However, it was not clear if Sattar had any role in the blast. The police seized provocative literature and VCDs on jehadi activities from his possession. He was produced in a court which sent him to judicial remand for 15 days.
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June - 17 
A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and an accused in the May 18-bomb blast at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, Sheikh Abdul Nayeem alias Sameer, briefly escaped from police custody on June 17, before being re-arrested two kilometers away after an hour’s chase. Times of India reports that he hoodw
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A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and an accused in the May 18-bomb blast at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, Sheikh Abdul Nayeem alias Sameer, briefly escaped from police custody on June 17, before being re-arrested two kilometers away after an hour’s chase. Times of India reports that he hoodwinked a constable standing guard outside the toilet and jumped from the first floor of the Mahankali police station, where he is on a five-day remand. Sameer was eventually re-arrested from the Bhoiguda Kaman area. Police booked a case against Sameer for trying to escape from custody. He was produced before a magistrate and later shifted to the Chanchalguda jail.
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June - 19 
Hindustan Times reports that on June 19, sixteen persons convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case challenged the validity of the designated Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court that tried them. In an application before the court, the group cited a Supreme Court judg
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Hindustan Times reports that on June 19, sixteen persons convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case challenged the validity of the designated Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court that tried them. In an application before the court, the group cited a Supreme Court judgment in May 2007 saying that all cases under the TADA should be referred to the apex court. Special Judge P. D. Kode has deferred the sentencing of the 16 persons till June 21 and asked the prosecution to file a reply on their application by that day.
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June - 21 
The Hindu reports that on June 21, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court trying the case regarding the bomb blast in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office at Chennai on August 8, 1993, which had resulted in the deaths of 11 persons and injuries to ni
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The Hindu reports that on June 21, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court trying the case regarding the bomb blast in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office at Chennai on August 8, 1993, which had resulted in the deaths of 11 persons and injuries to nine others, acquitted S.A. Basha, founder of the banned Al Umma, and four others, while holding 11 persons guilty. In his 505-page judgment, Additional Sessions Judge T. Ramasamy said lack of religious tolerance was the root cause for many things, including the bomb blast. Besides Basha, the others acquitted were Mukthar Ahmed, Aminudeen Sheriff and Mohamed Abdul Aslam. Abu Backer Siddique, Hyder Ali and Khaja Nizamuddin were sentenced to life imprisonment under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including conspiracy, promoting enmity between different groups and murder, and under the Explosives Act, Explosive Substances Act and TADA. They were also sentenced to 10-year imprisonment under various counts. Rafiq Ahmed was sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI). Shahabuddin, Abdul Rahim, Ahmed Gnaniyar, Syed Mohammed Buhari, S.K Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Zubair and Mohamed Moosa Mohideen were sentenced to five years of RI.
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June - 25 
According to The Hindu, on June 25, the designated Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court sentenced nine persons, including the prime accused Asghar Ali, to life imprisonment in the Haren Pandya murder case. Pandya, the former Gujarat Home Minister, was shot dead at a park in Ahmedabad city on Mar
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According to The Hindu, on June 25, the designated Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court sentenced nine persons, including the prime accused Asghar Ali, to life imprisonment in the Haren Pandya murder case. Pandya, the former Gujarat Home Minister, was shot dead at a park in Ahmedabad city on March 26, 2003. POTA court judge Sonia Gokani also sentenced two other accused to seven years imprisonment while one more accused was sentenced to five years imprisonment. A total of 19 persons were named as accused in the case out of which 15 have been arrested while four others are still absconding. The prosecution has submitted that Asghar Ali had selected youths from Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, and sent them to Pakistan for terrorist training in camps runs by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). After returning from Pakistan, some of these youths first executed the tiffin bomb blasts and then targeted Jagdish Tiwari a local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader who was shot at and injured. Later they killed Pandya at Law Garden when he had gone for a morning walk.
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July - 5 
Indian Express reports that, on July 5, a special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court in Mumbai dismissed a plea by an accused in the 2003 Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar blasts who questioned the applicability of POTA after its repeal. The accused, Arshad Ansari, cited a May 18 judgment by
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Indian Express reports that, on July 5, a special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court in Mumbai dismissed a plea by an accused in the 2003 Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar blasts who questioned the applicability of POTA after its repeal. The accused, Arshad Ansari, cited a May 18 judgment by the Supreme Court in which Justice Markandey Katju expressed an opinion about the constitutional validity of TADA after its repeal. Dismissing the application, special POTA Judge S. S. Joshi upheld the prosecution’s argument that the opinion expressed by Justice Katju was not final, and therefore, not binding. She also upheld the prosecution’s argument that TADA, which is at par with POTA, has been held constitutional even after its repeal in a couple of apex court judgments.
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July - 5 July - 6
Four persons, including two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, were convicted by a court in New Delhi on July 5 for possessing explosives and conspiring to wage war against the country, Press Trust of India reported. The other two persons, held guilty under various provisions of the Indian Penal Cod
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Four persons, including two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, were convicted by a court in New Delhi on July 5 for possessing explosives and conspiring to wage war against the country, Press Trust of India reported. The other two persons, held guilty under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Explosive Substances Act, are members of the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The quantum of sentence for HM militants, Gulzar Ahmed Wani and Mohiuddin, and SIMI activists, Feroz Rafi and Mumtaz, convicted under section 122 of the IPC for "preparing to wage war" against the State will be pronounced on July 6, today. The HM militants, both from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, and the SIMI activists from Uttar Pradesh were arrested at New Delhi Railway Station on July 30, 2001. Police had then seized a huge haul of RDX, grenades, launchers, detonators and other explosives from them. The Hizb militants had reportedly come to Delhi to deliver the explosives to the SIMI activists. With their arrest, police had claimed to have solved six bomb blast cases, including the 2001 Sena Bhavan blast. However, the court on February 23 acquitted them in all these cases for lack of evidence.
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July - 11 
On July 11, Aziz Ahmed Shaikh, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, moved the Supreme Court challenging his conviction under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and the alleged favour shown by the designated judge P. D. Kode to Hindi cinema actor Sanjay D
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On July 11, Aziz Ahmed Shaikh, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, moved the Supreme Court challenging his conviction under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and the alleged favour shown by the designated judge P. D. Kode to Hindi cinema actor Sanjay Dutt, reports Indian Express. In a criminal appeal filed against his conviction for five years, Aziz, through his counsel Mushtaq Ahmed, while pleading his innocence said the TADA Judge discriminated by not convicting Sanjay Dutt under the TADA despite recovery of arms and ammunition from the actor’s residence. The TADA court had convicted Aziz to five years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine of INR 25,000 holding him guilty of concealing foreign made arms and ammunition in Mumbai’s Nariyalwadi graveyard to help the conspirators carry out the blasts. The accused has also sought a compensation of INR 2.5 million for allegedly being subjected to physical and mental torture by the Mumbai Police during his police remand.
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July - 12 
An Australian court will decide on July 13, today, whether Haneef, a Queensland-based 27-year-old doctor, remains in detention as requested by police. An Australian newspaper said that despite searches across the country, the questioning of six Indian doctors and 11 days detention, police had failed
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An Australian court will decide on July 13, today, whether Haneef, a Queensland-based 27-year-old doctor, remains in detention as requested by police. An Australian newspaper said that despite searches across the country, the questioning of six Indian doctors and 11 days detention, police had failed to find any evidence linking Haneef to the British attacks. Five other Indian doctors questioned have been released. Documents and material seized by Australian police reportedly included 1,636 photographs, a 40-gigabyte hard drive belonging to Haneef, an 80-gigabyte hard drive belonging to his friend and fellow Gold Coast doctor and two mobile telephones.
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July - 12 
The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court judge P. D. Kode rejected the application by 16 of the 24 convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, seeking a stay on its proceedings, reports Times of India. On June 19, the convicts had filed an application sayi
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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court judge P. D. Kode rejected the application by 16 of the 24 convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, seeking a stay on its proceedings, reports Times of India. On June 19, the convicts had filed an application saying that the TADA, under which the trial was conducted, expired on May 24, 1995, and there was no rational ground to suggest that acts committed before and after should be treated differently. Judge Kode held that the convicts were only citing an opinion given by a Supreme Court judge that questioned the applicability of TADA after it had lapsed. Defence lawyer Farhana Shah filed another application urging a stay on the sentencing till a fresh appeal is filed in the Supreme Court.
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July - 14 
Australian police on July 14 charged an Indian doctor allegedly connected to the failed car bombings in Britain with supporting terrorism. Australian Federal Police said they have charged Mohammed Haneef, who has been in custody since he was arrested trying to leave the country on July 2, 2007, acco
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Australian police on July 14 charged an Indian doctor allegedly connected to the failed car bombings in Britain with supporting terrorism. Australian Federal Police said they have charged Mohammed Haneef, who has been in custody since he was arrested trying to leave the country on July 2, 2007, according to Times of India. "He has been charged with providing support to a terrorist organisation contrary to Section 102.7(2) of the Criminal Code Act 1995," the Australian Federal Police said in a statement. Police late on July 13 withdrew a request to a court to extend the period they could hold him without charge, giving them 12 hours to question him. Media reports said the charges alleged that Haneef had provided a mobile phone SIM card to members of a terrorist organisation. Haneef was arrested on a tip-off from British police in the eastern city of Brisbane after seven people, including at least four foreign doctors, were detained in Britain over three failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.
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July - 16 July - 17
Indian Express reports that the Kutch police in Gujarat has made five more arrests in connection with the fake currency racket allegedly involving two agents of the Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which was neutralised last week. While three men were a
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Indian Express reports that the Kutch police in Gujarat has made five more arrests in connection with the fake currency racket allegedly involving two agents of the Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which was neutralised last week. While three men were arrested from Mumbai and one from Salaya village near Mandvi on July 16, another was arrested in Vadodara on July 17. The four accused arrested on July 16 have been identified as Mohammed Salim Haji Mohmed Memon, Sultan Ali Sahid Hasan Ansari, Ifran Sidiqui Lakhani, and Ibrahim Ismail Juneja. They have been remanded in custody till July 28.
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July - 17 
The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 17 sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports The Hindu. Judge P D Kode sentenced Imtiaz Ghavte to life and imposed a total fine INR 227000 for his involvement in h
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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 17 sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports The Hindu. Judge P D Kode sentenced Imtiaz Ghavte to life and imposed a total fine INR 227000 for his involvement in hatching the conspiracy and executing it. Ghavte was found guilty under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the TADA and the Explosive Substances Act. Separately, the court found Nasim Barmare guilty of criminal conspiracy and committing terrorist acts not resulting in death, among other offences. He was also found guilty of acquiring weapon training, participating in conspiracy meetings, preparing vehicle bombs and hurling hand grenades at the Sahar Airport. He was sentenced to life and imposed a fine INR 230000.
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July - 17 
Times of India reports that on July 17, a 28-year-old man, Sheikh Jalil, was arrested from Biramnagar in Basirhat for suspected links with Jalaluddin, the area commander of Harkar-ul- Jihad-al Islami (HuJI) who was recently arrested from Lucknow. According to police, Jalil worked at a brick kiln and
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Times of India reports that on July 17, a 28-year-old man, Sheikh Jalil, was arrested from Biramnagar in Basirhat for suspected links with Jalaluddin, the area commander of Harkar-ul- Jihad-al Islami (HuJI) who was recently arrested from Lucknow. According to police, Jalil worked at a brick kiln and had links with HuJI. A mobile phone seized from Jalil revealed that he had received calls from Mijanur — one of the accused in the Khadim owner abduction case. Mijanur is now absconding. Jalil was produced at the Basirhat court and remanded in police custody.
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July - 17 July - 18
A suspected agent of Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested in Bhopal on July 17 along with secret documents related with the Army, maps and photographs of vital installations. During interrogation, he revealed his identity as Mohammad Naeem, a re
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A suspected agent of Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested in Bhopal on July 17 along with secret documents related with the Army, maps and photographs of vital installations. During interrogation, he revealed his identity as Mohammad Naeem, a resident of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, who worked as a fourth grade employee of Indian Railways. He was produced in court on July 18 and has been remanded to police custody for next couple of days. Additional Superintendent of Police Deepak Verma said that the person was seen near the military base 3 EME Center in Bairagarh, on the outskirts of Bhopal for the past few days and was arrested by a police team from the spot.
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July - 18 
The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court, on July 18, awarded death sentence to three aides of prime convict Tiger Memon- Parvez Nazeer Ahmed Shaikh, Mushtaq Tarani and Abdul Ghani Turk- in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports The Hindu. Judge P.D. Kode
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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court, on July 18, awarded death sentence to three aides of prime convict Tiger Memon- Parvez Nazeer Ahmed Shaikh, Mushtaq Tarani and Abdul Ghani Turk- in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, reports The Hindu. Judge P.D. Kode held Parvez Nazeer Ahmed Shaikh guilty under Sections 302 and 120-b of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 3(2)(i) of TADA and pronounced the death penalty on all three counts. He was also given varying sentences for offences under the Explosive Substances Act, the Explosives Act, the IPC and the TADA Act, and asked to pay a fine of INR 5,25,000. The court said Shaikh was deeply involved in the conspiracy. Tarani was convicted for attending a meeting organised by Memon at Hotel Taj Mahal on March 4, 1993 when the entire conspiracy behind the blasts was finalised. Tarani was also found guilty of doing a reconnaissance of the Stock Exchange building and BMC building along with Memon and others to select targets to plant the bombs. "He (Tarani) was a member of the conspiracy from February 1993 till the end. He was also associated with Memon. He was not affected by the riots, and therefore has no justification," said Judge Kode and sentenced Tarani to death on the count of conspiracy. Tiger Memon’s driver Abdul Gani Turk, who had parked an RDX-laden jeep in front of a restaurant in Century Bazaar, Worli was held responsible for the death of 113 people and injuries to a further 227 — the highest casualties in a single explosion that day. He was given a triple death penalty and fined INR 1,75,000. Rejecting pleas made by the three convicted that "the revenge against the demolition of the Babri Masjid and atrocities against Muslims" should be "considered as a mitigating circumstance", Judge Kode said: "There is no material to show that he was directly affected by it (the riots). It has been held that his act for taking revenge against the atrocities committed against Muslims is negative. These acts (the blasts) brought disgrace to Islam and created unnecessary enmity between Indian citizens. For committing such a heinous act, sentence of death has been announced." "Those who died were not connected with the demolition of the Babri Masjid. They were citizens of Mumbai who were totally innocent, Kode further said." The judge said the sentences are subject to confirmation by the Supreme Court.
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July - 19 
The Hindu reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court on July 19 sentenced three more persons to death for planting bombs in different locations in Mumbai on March 12, 1993. Shahnawaz Qureshi and Asgar Mukadam were sentenced to death for conspiracy a
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The Hindu reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court on July 19 sentenced three more persons to death for planting bombs in different locations in Mumbai on March 12, 1993. Shahnawaz Qureshi and Asgar Mukadam were sentenced to death for conspiracy as well as for committing terrorist acts. Shoib Ghansar, who was involved in the plan just a day before the explosions, was given death sentence for planting a bomb, and life imprisonment for conspiracy. The sentences are subject to Supreme Court confirmation. Asgar Mukadam, found guilty of all charges including under 120–b (criminal conspiracy) and 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and 3(2)(i) of the TADA, had driven and left an RDX-laden car at Plaza theatre in central Mumbai near the Shiv Sena headquarters, Sena Bhavan. The subsequent explosion killed 10 persons, left 36 injured and caused property damage worth INR 8.7 million. He also dropped other bomb planters at two targets, Centaur Hotel and Sea Rock Hotel. He was sentenced to death on three counts, and given other sentences for offences under the IPC, the TADA Act, the Explosive Substances Act and the Explosives Act, besides a total fine of INR 4,25,000. Shahnawaz Qureshi had planted the car bomb at Plaza cinema. He was also found guilty of acquiring training in Pakistan and landing RDX. Convicted of the charges, apart from dropping the other bomb planters at target spots, Qureshi was given death sentence on all three counts, other sentences and a total fine of INR 3,75,000. Shoib Ghansar, a relative of Mukadam, had planted a scooter bomb at Zaveri Bazar killing 17 persons. Ghansar, who worked as salesman in a shopping complex in central Mumbai, was cleared of the charge of participating in the original plan. Delivering the death penalty, Judge P D Kode said: "Though he has not participated in the conspiracy and preparation, he still committed the heinous act of putting the bomb knowing full well. His confession says that after planting the scooter at Zaveri Bazaar he went to a nearby mosque and asked for pardon for his wrong deeds. It means he knew what he was doing, and so the death sentence for committing a terrorist act." He was also awarded life imprisonment under Section 120-b of the IPC and fine of INR 2,75,000.
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July - 20 
Bashir Khairulla, who was found guilty of accompanying a group of six persons which dropped hand grenades in Mahim fishermen colony, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and a total fine amount of nearly INR 200,000. Khairulla, however, wasn’t able to lob a grenade himself as he couldn’t dislodge the
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Bashir Khairulla, who was found guilty of accompanying a group of six persons which dropped hand grenades in Mahim fishermen colony, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and a total fine amount of nearly INR 200,000. Khairulla, however, wasn’t able to lob a grenade himself as he couldn’t dislodge the pin. He was convicted for unlawful assembly as "he becomes vicariously liable for the acts of other members," said Judge Kode.
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July - 20 
Former additional customs commissioner of Raigad region of Maharashtra, Somnath Thapa, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine of INR 200,000 for his role in the conspiracy. Thapa had facilitated landing of arms and ammunition including RDX at Shekhadi in February 1993. He was found guilty un
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Former additional customs commissioner of Raigad region of Maharashtra, Somnath Thapa, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine of INR 200,000 for his role in the conspiracy. Thapa had facilitated landing of arms and ammunition including RDX at Shekhadi in February 1993. He was found guilty under section 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code and section 3(3) of the TADA. Judge P.D. Kode noted that Thapa committed a terrorist act by not taking any action despite having knowledge of the conspiracy. He said that he actively aided and colluded with prime absconding Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and Mohammad Dossa to get the contraband into the city. The court did not award the death sentence as he is suffering from lung cancer and prosecution did not press for maximum punishment, the judge observed. Thapa had been called to court last week but had not appeared citing medical reasons.
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July - 20 
The Hindu reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 20 sentenced three more persons in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Iqbal Shaikh was sentenced to death for involvement in the conspiracy. He had parked a scooter in central Mumbai near
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The Hindu reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 20 sentenced three more persons in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Iqbal Shaikh was sentenced to death for involvement in the conspiracy. He had parked a scooter in central Mumbai near Dadar, which did not explode. He also had taken another planter Naseem Barmare to Sahar airport where Barmare dropped hand grenades. Although Iqbal was found not guilty for terrorist acts resulting in death, the Judge said, "If a bomb does not explode because of technical problems then the accused will not get the benefit. Death sentence is awarded depending on the act, intent and furthering the object of the conspiracy." Iqbal was also found guilty of acquiring weapons training, conspiracy meetings, abetting terrorist acts and preparing vehicle bombs at the Al Husseini building on the intervening night of March 11 and March 12 and has to pay a fine of over INR 200,000.
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July - 24 
The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 24 sentenced to death three convicts - Zakir Hussain Shaikh, Feroz Amani Malik, Abdul Akhtar Khan - who had lobbed grenades at the Fishermen’s Colony in Mahim on March 12, 1993, killing three persons and injurin
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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 24 sentenced to death three convicts - Zakir Hussain Shaikh, Feroz Amani Malik, Abdul Akhtar Khan - who had lobbed grenades at the Fishermen’s Colony in Mahim on March 12, 1993, killing three persons and injuring six. They were convicted for conspiracy and committing a terrorist act. An accomplice, Moin Qureshi, who was 17 at the time, was spared the death sentence because of his "tender age" and was sentenced to life imprisonment on three counts - conspiracy, committing a terrorist act and murder. While Qureshi was convicted for acquiring weapons training in Sandheri and Bhor Ghats, Shaikh, Malik and Khan were convicted for acquiring weapons training in Pakistan. All four of them had driven to Mahim Causeway from Al-Hussaini building in a van which also had on board Salim Rahim Shaikh, Bashir Khairulla (both sentenced to life) and Mehboob Liyakat Khan (absconding accused). Each one, except Salim Shaikh, was given two grenades each by Javed Chikna (absconding accused). Of them, Bashir could not dislodge the pin of his grenade and hence could not throw one at any of them. "It is immaterial whose act directly led to the death of victims. All of them had the same objective: to kill people. So all have been held vicariously liable. While each was lobbing hand grenades, they were also aware that their companions were lobbing hand grenades," special judge P. D. Kode said.
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July - 25 
Indian Express reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 25 sentenced Farooq Pawale to death for parking RDX laden vehicles inside the Air-India building and then near a petrol pump adjacent to Sena Bhavan on March 12, 1993. The subsequent
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Indian Express reports that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 25 sentenced Farooq Pawale to death for parking RDX laden vehicles inside the Air-India building and then near a petrol pump adjacent to Sena Bhavan on March 12, 1993. The subsequent explosions had killed 24 people. Pawale had also surveyed the stock exchange building and the Air-India building with two absconding convicts, Mohammed Tainur and Irfan Chougule two days before the blasts. Tainur and Chougule had also parked an RDX laden car in the basement of the stock exchange building. The blast there killed 84 people and injured 214. Pawale also participated in the landing of arms and ammunition in Shekhadi. Not only was he present at the two strategy sessions, he was also there at Al-Hussaini building in the morning when the RDX was being filled in vehicles, which were later used as car bombs. Pawale was sentenced to death on five counts—conspiracy, on two counts of the charge of committing a terrorist act resulting in death, and on two counts of the charge for murder. Judge P. D. Kode said, "He was a major operator. He caused explosions at two places. He was also present when the Bombay Stock Exchange was surveyed. He was present during the landing, training and meetings conducted by the co-accused. There cannot be any other sentence more adequate than death."
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July - 27 
Indian Express and The Hindu reported that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 27 sentenced Yakub Memon, brother of key conspirator and man behind the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, fugitive Tiger Memon, to death for his role in the conspiracy. Yakub
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Indian Express and The Hindu reported that the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on July 27 sentenced Yakub Memon, brother of key conspirator and man behind the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, fugitive Tiger Memon, to death for his role in the conspiracy. Yakub was convicted for conspiracy and organising the logistics of the blast and was held guilty under Section 120-b of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 (3) (aiding and abetting a terrorist act), and 5, 6 (illegal possession of arms and ammunition) of the TADA. He was given sentences of life imprisonment, 14 years rigorous imprisonment and 10 years RI. A total fine of INR 3,75,000 was also imposed. Yakub’s sister-in-law Rubeena was sentenced to life for aiding and abetting a terrorist act and allowing a van registered in her name to be used to transport arms, ammunition, and explosives used in the blasts. “Considering the role played by her and the fact that she is a lady, she is sentenced to life,” Judge P. D. Kode said. The court observed, “Though the flat and garage used for conspiracy meetings was in Rubeena’s name she is not held liable,” adding that in Muslim families men took decisions. Yakub’s brothers Essa and Yusuf were also sentenced to life and asked to pay a total fine of INR 1,50,000 after being found guilty for allowing their flat and garage to be used for the conspiracy. Though prosecution pleaded for death, Yusuf, who has been suffering from schizophrenia since 1991, was given life in consideration of his illness. Essa’s sentence, too, was “reduced from death to life” since he suffers from morbid obesity and has a brain tumour.
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July - 30 
Pioneer reports that on July 30, more than a year after the July 11, 2006-Mumbai serial bomb blasts, the prosecution formally opened its case in the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court. In the detailed submission, Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thakre named Azam Cheema, the Baha
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Pioneer reports that on July 30, more than a year after the July 11, 2006-Mumbai serial bomb blasts, the prosecution formally opened its case in the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court. In the detailed submission, Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thakre named Azam Cheema, the Bahawalpur (in Punjab province of Pakistan)-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander, who is also an operative of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence, as being the absconding mastermind in the case. Thakre said that the conspiracy to engineer the blasts had been hatched several months before the actual incident. Several of the accused had been trained in handling arms and explosives and funds required for triggering the blasts had been routed illegally to the blasts' perpetrators based in India, he said. Following the Prosecution's submission, defence lawyers will present their side in the court on July 31, after which charges will be framed against the accused. All the 13 accused have been booked under MCOCA. Of the accused, Faisal Shaikh and Junaid have been named as among the key conspirators in the case.
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July - 31 
Indian Express reports that the Additional District and Sessions Judge in Chandigarh awarded death sentence to Jagtar Singh Hawara of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Balwant Singh, two of the six declared guilty in the Beant Singh assassination case. Three other convicts, Gurmeet, Lakhwind
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Indian Express reports that the Additional District and Sessions Judge in Chandigarh awarded death sentence to Jagtar Singh Hawara of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Balwant Singh, two of the six declared guilty in the Beant Singh assassination case. Three other convicts, Gurmeet, Lakhwinder and Shamsher Singh, were awarded life imprisonment for their involvement in the criminal conspiracy, while the sixth convict, Naseeb Singh, was given 10 years of imprisonment under the Explosives Act along with a fine of INR 10,000. However, since Naseeb, the oldest of the accused at 72, had already undergone more than the sentence awarded to him, he was freed soon after the sentencing. The court said Hawara and Balwant Singh first agreed to kill the Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and then made use of the remaining accused by playing with their religious sentiments in the backdrop of the prevailing situation in Punjab at that time. Beant Singh and 17 others were killed by a human bomb, Dilawar Singh, outside the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat on August 31, 1995. The mastermind behind the assassination, Hawara, had arranged finances and explosives for the human bomb, while Balwant Singh, a policeman, had smuggled the human bomb into the secretariat building.
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July - 31 
The designated Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court, on July 31, sentenced Hindi cinema actor Sanjay Dutt to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for six years and imposed a fine of INR 25,000 in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case for illegal possession of a prohibited weapon, repor
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The designated Terrorist & Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court, on July 31, sentenced Hindi cinema actor Sanjay Dutt to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for six years and imposed a fine of INR 25,000 in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case for illegal possession of a prohibited weapon, reports The Hindu. The prosecutor had argued that Dutt had acquired an AK-56 and a pistol in January 1993 after the riots in Mumbai from Abu Salem, and was in contact with Anees Ibrahim, brother of Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind behind the serial blasts. He had later destroyed the AK-56. Dutt was arrested on April 19, 1993, and spent 16 months during his two jail terms before getting bail. One of Dutt’s three associates, Russi Mulla, who had unknowingly kept Dutt’s pistol, was released under the Probation of Offenders Act. Another associate, Kersi Adjania, was sentenced to two years RI, but was given bail and Yusuf Nulwalla was sentenced to five-year RI and fined INR 25,000 for possessing the weapon and attempting to destroy the evidence. Judge P. D. Kode ruled that the accused were not immature at the time of offence and for every citizen, the laws of nation should stand first. He noted that the weapon could have resulted in mass destruction and it was an eminently dangerous act. Kode remarked about Sanjay’s case saying "not only did he commit the offence he also made others commit an offence of destroying it." The Judge also drew attention to Dutt illegally possessing a pistol in September 1992 and being introduced to Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai and even attending a party where gangsters Iqbal Mirchi, Chota Rajan and Sharad Shetty were present. Noting that possessing AK-56 was not his first offence, Judge Kode rejected his probation application.
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August - 1 
On August 1, a Court held S. A. Basha, founder of the outlawed Al-Umma, and 152 persons guilty of hatching a criminal conspiracy to trigger a series of nine explosions at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on February 14, 1998, and to create enmity between two communities. The explosions killed 58 people and
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On August 1, a Court held S. A. Basha, founder of the outlawed Al-Umma, and 152 persons guilty of hatching a criminal conspiracy to trigger a series of nine explosions at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on February 14, 1998, and to create enmity between two communities. The explosions killed 58 people and injured 200 others shortly before the arrival of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani. The blasts also damaged property worth over INR 140 million. The Court, however, exonerated chairman of the Kerala-based political party, People's Democratic Party, Abdul Nasser Madhani of all the five charges against him, including participating in the conspiracy to carry out the blasts and to create communal hatred as well as alleged links to efforts to obtain explosives for the attacks. Madhani, who is suffering from various ailments including diabetes, was released later in the day on bail and reportedly traveled to Ernakulam in Kerala. The Court found 69 accused guilty of the offence under Section 120-B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The other charge proved against some of the accused was under Section 153 A (1) of the IPC (promoting communal hatred between different groups on grounds of religion). 84 persons were found guilty of the charges under the Explosive Substances Act, the Arms Act and the Tamil Nadu Properties (Prevention of Damages and Loss) Act. Judge K. Uthirapathy further said the charges against eight persons had not been proved. He deferred the verdict against five accused for modification of the charges against them and said there were minor charges against the remaining accused. The sentences are expected to be pronounced from August 6 after the judge hears arguments by the defence. The trial began in March 2002 and the arguments in June 2006. It was completed on April 10, 2007, after the Court examined about 1,300 witnesses out of a total of 2,345. Of the 181 accused of involvement in the serial blasts, eight died in police firing and in a storming operation on a suspected hideout. The police are still looking for four accused. Another accused, S.K. Mohideen, was reportedly arrested only recently. Of the 168 arrested, Riaz-ur-Rehman turned approver and Mohammed Dasthagir died in custody.
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August - 6 
Concluding the pronouncement of findings in respect of charges, Judge of the Special Court for Bomb Blast Cases, K. Uthirapathy, on August 6 held five more accused guilty of offences in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, according to The Hindu. Sarfudeen and Sikkander Basha were found guilty un
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Concluding the pronouncement of findings in respect of charges, Judge of the Special Court for Bomb Blast Cases, K. Uthirapathy, on August 6 held five more accused guilty of offences in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, according to The Hindu. Sarfudeen and Sikkander Basha were found guilty under section 148 of the Indian Penal Code, while Ayyappan was found guilty under the Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act. The charge under the Explosive Substances Act had been proved against Ubaithul Rehman while Mir Shafi Ahmed was found guilty of promoting communal hatred.
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August - 6 
The Hindu reports that on August 6, a court in New Delhi sentenced two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, Shahid Ahmed Bakshi, a resident of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, and Farhan Ahmed Ali, a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing arms and explosives. T
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The Hindu reports that on August 6, a court in New Delhi sentenced two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, Shahid Ahmed Bakshi, a resident of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, and Farhan Ahmed Ali, a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing arms and explosives. The court had held them guilty on July 30 under various provisions of the erstwhile Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) pertaining to unauthorised possession of arms, ammunition and explosives. Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur also fined the militants INR 50,000 each. The militants were arrested at Nizamuddin in New Delhi on August 30, 2002, with four kilograms of RDX, two detonators and a Chinese-made pistol along with magazine and 15 live cartridges.
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August - 7 
Indian Express reports that on August 7, charges were framed against the 13 arrested accused in the July 11, 2006-serial blasts in the Mumbai local trains that killed 187 people and injured over 800. The accused included key conspirators Faisal Shaikh, the Mumbai city chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (L
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Indian Express reports that on August 7, charges were framed against the 13 arrested accused in the July 11, 2006-serial blasts in the Mumbai local trains that killed 187 people and injured over 800. The accused included key conspirators Faisal Shaikh, the Mumbai city chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid. Trial in the case will begin after August 21 as some of the accused have filed a petition seeking a transfer of the case from the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court of Judge Mrudula Bhatkar. Along with the 13 accused, 15 absconding accused — including LeT commander in chief (training) Azam Cheema — and two deceased accused — Salim who died in the blasts, and Abu Osama who died in a police encounter — have also been charged for hatching the conspiracy of the blasts. The charge-sheet names Azam Cheema, Faisal Shaikh and Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid as key conspirators who hatched the plot in 1999. The conspiracy includes sending Muslim youths to Pakistan for arms training and creating a feeling of animosity against the state by providing hate literature.
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August - 7 
On August 7, the Sessions Court trying the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blast cases granted bail to seven convicts against whom "minor charges" have been levelled, reports The Hindu. The convicts included Khader, Aiyappan, Umar Abu Sali, Mir Sabir Ahmed, Sikander and Abdul Salim. While Khader was ask
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On August 7, the Sessions Court trying the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blast cases granted bail to seven convicts against whom "minor charges" have been levelled, reports The Hindu. The convicts included Khader, Aiyappan, Umar Abu Sali, Mir Sabir Ahmed, Sikander and Abdul Salim. While Khader was asked to furnish a bond for INR 5,000 and a surety by another person, Mir Sabir Ahmed had to furnish INR 10,000 as bond and surety by another person. Other convicts were granted bail on personal surety. A total of 105 convicts had moved bail petitions and 17 persons, including Abdul Nasser Madhani, Chairman of the Kerala-based political party, People’s Democratic Party, have been released on bail so far.
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August - 9 
On August 9, a special court in Coimbatore hearing the 1998 serial bomb blast cases granted bail to 15 people who were proved guilty of minor charges, reports The Hindu. Judge K. Uthirapathy took up applications of 22 people out of the 158 convicted in the cases and granted bail to 15 persons. The j
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On August 9, a special court in Coimbatore hearing the 1998 serial bomb blast cases granted bail to 15 people who were proved guilty of minor charges, reports The Hindu. Judge K. Uthirapathy took up applications of 22 people out of the 158 convicted in the cases and granted bail to 15 persons. The judge asked them to appear before the court as and when they were summoned and also inform the court if there was any change of address. Earlier on August 8, fifteen more persons found guilty of minor charges had been granted bail on personal surety.
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August - 10 
The Hindu reports that on August 10, the Sessions Court in Coimbatore granted bail to 10 more persons convicted of minor charges in the February 14, 1998 serial blasts case, raising the total number of those released on bail to 57. Judge K. Uthirapathy had gone through petitions of 23 convicts befor
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The Hindu reports that on August 10, the Sessions Court in Coimbatore granted bail to 10 more persons convicted of minor charges in the February 14, 1998 serial blasts case, raising the total number of those released on bail to 57. Judge K. Uthirapathy had gone through petitions of 23 convicts before granting bail to 10 of them. Of the 158 persons charged with the case, 69 have been convicted for major charges like criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, murder and promoting hatred between two communities.
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August - 13 
On August 13, the Sessions Court trying the 1998 serial blasts case in Coimbatore granted bail to 12 more persons found guilty of minor charges, reports The Hindu. Judge K. Uthirapathy, after going through 38 petitions, granted bail to 12 of them. With this, the total number of persons granted bail
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On August 13, the Sessions Court trying the 1998 serial blasts case in Coimbatore granted bail to 12 more persons found guilty of minor charges, reports The Hindu. Judge K. Uthirapathy, after going through 38 petitions, granted bail to 12 of them. With this, the total number of persons granted bail and released has increased to 69.
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August - 23 
On August 23, film actor Sanjay Dutt and was released from the Yerawada jail in Pune on the interim bail granted by the Supreme Court on August 20, reports The Hindu. Dutt was convicted in November 2006 for illegal possession of weapons. Though the special court acquitted him under the Terrorist and
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On August 23, film actor Sanjay Dutt and was released from the Yerawada jail in Pune on the interim bail granted by the Supreme Court on August 20, reports The Hindu. Dutt was convicted in November 2006 for illegal possession of weapons. Though the special court acquitted him under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, he was convicted under the Arms Act. He was sentenced on July 31 to six-year rigorous imprisonment. While granting interim bail, the apex court had directed him to attend the Central Bureau of Investigation office every Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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September - 2 
On September 2, the Hyderabad Police filed a new first information report (FIR) charging 15 persons for their involvement in the August 25 twin blasts in the city. All of them were booked under the Explosives Act and for conspiring to carry out bomb attacks. Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh said
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On September 2, the Hyderabad Police filed a new first information report (FIR) charging 15 persons for their involvement in the August 25 twin blasts in the city. All of them were booked under the Explosives Act and for conspiring to carry out bomb attacks. Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh said that only four of the 15 suspects are in police custody. HuJI-BD ‘commander’ Shahid Bilal is among the 11 who are out of the police custody. Indian Express reports that the new FIR is largely based on the revelations of Sameer Sheikh alias Nayeem, an alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative arrested on the Bangladesh border in West Bengal on April 1, 2007. He is also an accused in the Mumbai train blasts case. Nayeem reportedly told investigators that he transported intruders and 10 kilograms of RDX from Bangladesh to Mumbai and Hyderabad over the 18 months period prior to his arrest.
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September - 6 
On September 6, the Supreme Court asked the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to serve a fresh notice to the government on its plea for transferring the petition relating to the ban imposed on the organisation from the Delhi High Court to the apex court, reports Sahara Samay. Counsel for SIM
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On September 6, the Supreme Court asked the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to serve a fresh notice to the government on its plea for transferring the petition relating to the ban imposed on the organisation from the Delhi High Court to the apex court, reports Sahara Samay. Counsel for SIMI, Trideep Pais, had complained that the government failed to depute its counsel despite being served with a prior notice. SIMI had sought transfer of the petition filed by it in the High Court challenging the ban imposed in September 2003 for its alleged anti-national activities. Two other petitions filed by SIMI challenging the ban in September 2001 and February 2006 are pending in the apex court and hence it has sought transfer of the 2003 petition so that all the three petitions could be decided by the apex court.
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September - 7 
On September 7, four convicts in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Yusuf Abdul Razak Memon, Rubina Suleman Memon, Essa alias Anjum Abdul Razak Memon and Mubina alias Baya Moosa Bhiwandiwala, were released on interim bail by the Supreme Court, on the ground of non-availability of the Terrorist and Disrupt
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On September 7, four convicts in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Yusuf Abdul Razak Memon, Rubina Suleman Memon, Essa alias Anjum Abdul Razak Memon and Mubina alias Baya Moosa Bhiwandiwala, were released on interim bail by the Supreme Court, on the ground of non-availability of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court’s judgment, reports Indian Express. They were directed to surrender immediately on being given the copy of the trial court’s judgment. While Yusuf, Rubina and Essa were sentenced to life imprisonment and fined INR 1 lakh each by the TADA Court, Bhiwandiwala was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the same court. The TADA Court had, meanwhile, already indicated that the copies of the judgment would be supplied to the convicts on September 27.
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September - 14 September - 15
An alleged conduit of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, identified as Asad Hilal was arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi police from the Anand Vihar area on September 14, reports The Hindu. Hilal, a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, was declared a proclaimed offender by a Delhi court in a case a
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An alleged conduit of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, identified as Asad Hilal was arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi police from the Anand Vihar area on September 14, reports The Hindu. Hilal, a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, was declared a proclaimed offender by a Delhi court in a case accusing him of providing logistical support to two Pakistani militants, Maqsood Ahmad and Syed Mohammad, in 2001. Hilal was produced in a court on September 15 that remanded him to two-day police custody the next day.
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September - 28 
A court in New Delhi on September 28 sentenced a woman to five years’ imprisonment for acting as a conduit for terrorist groups, reports Times of India. The woman, identified as Anjum Zamarooda, was arrested by the Delhi Police from outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on February 6, 20
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A court in New Delhi on September 28 sentenced a woman to five years’ imprisonment for acting as a conduit for terrorist groups, reports Times of India. The woman, identified as Anjum Zamarooda, was arrested by the Delhi Police from outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on February 6, 2003. Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur pronounced Anjum, a resident of Kashmir, guilty under Section 22(3) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for providing money to be used for the purpose of terrorism. The prosecution had argued that Anjum was arrested on a tip-off that she would be visiting the Pakistan High Commission to collect money to be used for funding terrorist groups in India.
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September - 28 
On September 28, the Judge of the Special Court for the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, K. Uthirapathy, awarded sentences to 41 convicts under the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Arms Act, the Explosive Substances Act and the Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, reports The Hin
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On September 28, the Judge of the Special Court for the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, K. Uthirapathy, awarded sentences to 41 convicts under the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Arms Act, the Explosive Substances Act and the Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, reports The Hindu. The punishment ranged from two to nine-year imprisonment for offences under individual sections. For all charges put together, the maximum sentence awarded was 36 years. The judge ordered that the sentences would run concurrently, thus practically bringing the sentence to a minimum of seven years and a maximum of nine years. 35 of the accused were fined INR 1,000; in default they would undergo one-month simple imprisonment which would be set off against the trial period. After setting off the trial period against the conviction under Section 428 of the Criminal Procedure Code, all of them were released. The court said copies of the verdict would be given to them when delivery of judgment was completed for the last accused. The court also acquitted eight persons not guilty. They include Kerala-based People’s Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasir Maudhany and "Army" K. Raju, Subair and Mohammed Ashraf of Kerala and Naushad, Sardar alias Saitan, Sivakumar and Akkoji Sivakumar of Tamil Nadu. The court posted the hearing of defence arguments on behalf of those found guilty of major charges to October 3, and said the court would resume pronouncement of sentences on October 8.
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October - 4 
According to Times of India, Sayeed Ahmed alias Mohammed Desai, an agent of Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine of INR 50,000 by chief judicial magistrate Yashwant Chaware on October 4. The co
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According to Times of India, Sayeed Ahmed alias Mohammed Desai, an agent of Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine of INR 50,000 by chief judicial magistrate Yashwant Chaware on October 4. The court convicted Sayeed under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, under section 120 (B) of the India Penal Code (IPC) for criminal conspiracy, Passport Act and Foreigners’ Act. Sayeed, a Pakistani national, had confessed to his crime on October 3. He was arrested by police in the Pune city of Maharashtra in June 1999 for allegedly passing vital information to the ISI. Subsequently, Police also arrested his wife from Kolhapur on charges of overstaying and she reportedly admitted that her husband was working for the ISI.
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October - 8 
On October 8, the Special Court awarded sentences to 35 accused in the February 14, 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case, reports The Hindu. The accused were convicted for offences such as unlawful assembly for rioting, harbouring a wanted criminal, attempt to murder under the Indian Penal Code,
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On October 8, the Special Court awarded sentences to 35 accused in the February 14, 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case, reports The Hindu. The accused were convicted for offences such as unlawful assembly for rioting, harbouring a wanted criminal, attempt to murder under the Indian Penal Code, possession and manufacture of explosives under the Explosives Substances Act of 1908 and for possession of unauthorised weapons without licence under section 25 (1) (b) of the Indian Arms Act. Sentences for the accused, including four from Kerala and two from Andhra Pradesh, ranged from one year and nine months to 17 years of rigorous imprisonment for all offences put together. The court ordered that the sentences run concurrently, adding that the nine and a half years of trial period undergone in prison was being set off against the conviction. Hence, all of them were released. Awarding of sentences for seven other accused was deferred to October 15 for want of remand particulars from the Prison department. Judge Uthirapathy said the sentences for them would be pronounced along with five others not found guilty of major charges but were in judicial custody because of pending cases.
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October - 13 
On October 13, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court issued release orders for five more convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to them, reports Navhind Times. The convicts were identified as Yusuf Khan, R
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On October 13, the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court issued release orders for five more convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to them, reports Navhind Times. The convicts were identified as Yusuf Khan, Rafique Madi, Asif Shaikh, Shanawaz Shaikh and Imtiyaz Ghawte. The Supreme Court had granted them bail on the grounds that they are yet to receive the copy of the TADA court’s sentence.
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October - 15 
The special court hearing 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blast cases sentenced nine more convicts, who were accused of minor charges, including possessing explosives, reports The Hindu. Sentences ranged from three to nine years imprisonment, based on the charges such as attempt to murder, possessing ex
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The special court hearing 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blast cases sentenced nine more convicts, who were accused of minor charges, including possessing explosives, reports The Hindu. Sentences ranged from three to nine years imprisonment, based on the charges such as attempt to murder, possessing explosives and promoting communal hatred. Judge Uthirapathi also ordered the release of seven persons after setting off their sentence, as they had already undergone imprisonment as undertrials. The other two are undergoing life imprisonment in another case and would be in the prison.
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October - 24 
A Special Court sentenced 31 convicts including Al-Umma founder S.A. Basha and general secretary Mohammed Ansari to life imprisonment in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts cases on October 24, reports The Hindu. Judge K. Uthirapathy sentenced four other convicts to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI)
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A Special Court sentenced 31 convicts including Al-Umma founder S.A. Basha and general secretary Mohammed Ansari to life imprisonment in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts cases on October 24, reports The Hindu. Judge K. Uthirapathy sentenced four other convicts to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI). Among the convicts sentenced to life terms, 17 were awarded double life terms and while 12 got a single life term. Abdul Ozir was sentenced to undergo four life terms and Jehangir, three life-terms. Basha was awarded life sentence for conspiracy read with various IPC offences and three years RI for promoting communal hatred. Mohammed Ansari was awarded two life terms besides 73 years RI. Basha’s brother Nawab Khan was sentenced to one life term and 27 years of RI. All the convicts faced charges of conspiracy, murder, attempt to murder, rioting and abetment, besides charges under Explosive Substances Act, Indian Arms Act and Tamil Nadu Public Properties (Prevention of Damages and Losses) Act. Though for individual offences the court awarded sentences ranging from three years to four life terms, it said they would run concurrently, bringing down the maximum punishment to a life term. The court will sentence the remaining accused on October 25.
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October - 25 
Judge of the Special Court for the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, K. Uthirapathy, sentenced nine more convicted persons to life imprisonment on October 25, reports UNI. While three of them were awarded life imprisonment, six others were given double life-terms. 13 more convicts were sentenced t
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Judge of the Special Court for the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case, K. Uthirapathy, sentenced nine more convicted persons to life imprisonment on October 25, reports UNI. While three of them were awarded life imprisonment, six others were given double life-terms. 13 more convicts were sentenced to 13 years rigorous imprisonment (RI), six others given 10 years RI each and two persons sentenced to seven years RI. The sentences were for offences such as criminal conspiracy read with other offences such as rioting, attempt to murder, murder, abetment, forgery under the Indian Penal Code besides offences under the Explosive Substances Act and the Indian Arms Act.
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November - 26 
Chief Judicial Magistrate of Ramanathapuram handed over copies of charge sheets to six members of the Sea-Tigers (sea wing of the LTTE) for killing four Indian fishermen from Kanyakumari at sea, a few months ago. The four, currently lodged in a prison in Madurai, were produced before the court Novem
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Chief Judicial Magistrate of Ramanathapuram handed over copies of charge sheets to six members of the Sea-Tigers (sea wing of the LTTE) for killing four Indian fishermen from Kanyakumari at sea, a few months ago. The four, currently lodged in a prison in Madurai, were produced before the court November 26.
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November - 27 
The Hindu reports that the Supreme Court on November 27 granted bail to Hindi cinema actor Sanjay Dutt and 16 others, all convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for different periods by the Mumbai Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act (TADA) court in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts
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The Hindu reports that the Supreme Court on November 27 granted bail to Hindi cinema actor Sanjay Dutt and 16 others, all convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for different periods by the Mumbai Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act (TADA) court in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case. In granting bail, a bench, comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices R.V. Raveendran and J.M. Panchal, took into consideration the nature of offence and charges and the sentence served by the convicts/appellants. The court, however, declined grant of bail to six of the 25 appellants, who were awarded life imprisonment for conspiracy and other serious charges, and to one convict, who was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment. The bench posted the seven appeals to January 2008. Customs officer Somnath Thapa who was awarded life imprisonment by the TADA court was granted bail for one year on medical grounds. The bench said all those granted bail should furnish a bond subject to the satisfaction of the TADA Court. They should surrender their passports and for travel abroad, they must seek permission from the TADA court. They should also report to the Special Task Force of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Mumbai, once in three months.
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December - 3 
The Supreme Court on December 3 stayed the death sentence of a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in the Red Fort attack case in which three Army personnel were killed on December 22, 2000, according to Daily Excelsior. A bench comprising Justices G. P. Mathur and P. Sadasivam also issued notices on the
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The Supreme Court on December 3 stayed the death sentence of a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in the Red Fort attack case in which three Army personnel were killed on December 22, 2000, according to Daily Excelsior. A bench comprising Justices G. P. Mathur and P. Sadasivam also issued notices on the petition of Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq, a Pakistani national and LeT militant to the Delhi Government. The Delhi High Court had confirmed the death sentence of the petitioner on September 14, 2007. A trial court had sentenced the petitioner to death in 2005 and Nazir Ahmed Quasid and his son Farooq Ahmed Quasid to life imprisonment. The High Court had, however, acquitted six others in the case. The petitioner had challenged his conviction and sentence in the case on the grounds that there was no evidence against him showing his involvement in the conspiracy and both the Trial Court and High Court had committed a grave error of law.
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